Oven elements dies for the fourth time

Aylesbury_Duck

Can Bruce Willis help with the fifth element?

roadweary

said:

Can Bruce Willis help with the fifth element?

      

born_again

njkmr said:

I replaced the oven element twice in 6 months for a tenant. Some are easy to replace from inside the cooker and some need to be accessed from the back.
I believe leaving the door open after finishing cooking protects the element a bit and aids cooling and longevity of the element. Some tenants will taken on this advice others wont.
I have never replaced the element in my own oven more than once.
In the end I replaced the tenant and all has been well since then...!

As well as great MSE advice to reduce heating costs. 

Warms our kitchen a treat 😍

Aylesbury_Duck

Depends when and how you want the excess heat delivered.  It will escape to the room in any case, whether that's slowly with the door closed or more rapidly with it open.

Money_Grabber13579

njkmr said:

Yeh it aids cooling is what I was told by the  guy who replaced it for me. He did tell me more but I forgot the full details.
Yes I leave mine open at home as well to help warm the kitchen once cooking is finished. 😁

I’ve just got a new oven and the manual specifically says to leave the door closed after cooking. No idea why as I would have always left it open too.

RefluentBeans

Money_Grabber13579 said:

njkmr said:

Yeh it aids cooling is what I was told by the  guy who replaced it for me. He did tell me more but I forgot the full details.
Yes I leave mine open at home as well to help warm the kitchen once cooking is finished. 😁

I’ve just got a new oven and the manual specifically says to leave the door closed after cooking. No idea why as I would have always left it open too.

As a guess it may to allow the hearing elements to slowly cool rather than rapidly cool and cause more wear (like cracking from going hot to cool). Some people may have a really cold room and leaving the element to go colder faster msg just make the element break faster.