Cooker tripping electrics

Britannia12345

The latest thing to go wrong in our new (old) house is the oven knocks the electric off. 
Do I need an electrician? Do I need a new element? Can the element be fitted without an electrician? 
I've never had an electric oven before so I'm a bit baffled 🫤

ThisIsWeird

Make and model of cooker, please?
And which oven control makes it trip?
Yes, almost certainly a failed element. And usually quite DIYable - if you are competent enough.

Britannia12345

It's an Indesit FXJM6
Model number IFW6330BLUK
It trips when it's heating up. 

FreeBear

Most likely the element has developed a fault. A relatively inexpensive item (around £25 online), and not difficult to replace.

EssexExile

Try using a different element. If you always use the fan function try a different function - using the lower element or grill. That will prove whether it is the element.

ThisIsWeird

Britannia12345 said:

It's an Indesit FXJM6
Model number IFW6330BLUK
It trips when it's heating up. 

When what is heating up?

Britannia12345

ThisIsWeird said:

Britannia12345 said:

It's an Indesit FXJM6
Model number IFW6330BLUK
It trips when it's heating up. 

When what is heating up?

The oven. It's a built in oven. 

GDB2222

Do you feel confident that you have the experience to replace the element yourself safely ? The cost of a professional repair is likely to be comparable to the cost of a new oven. 

ThisIsWeird

Britannia12345 said:

ThisIsWeird said:

Britannia12345 said:

It's an Indesit FXJM6
Model number IFW6330BLUK
It trips when it's heating up. 

When what is heating up?

The oven. It's a built in oven. 

Thanks. It also has a grill. And, probably, a 'static' oven element in the base? Hence me wanting to clarify which cooking function causes the trip.
So, it's the circular fan oven element?
I would hazard, then, that it's on the way out. A weak spot typically builds up in the core element wire inside, and leaks electricity to the outer casing - this trips your RCD. That's a very good safety feature, because, at some point - if you could keep.it running - this would physically 'blow' through the element casing, go 'bang', and trip your MCB.
So, most likely, a new 'fan' oven element will sort it.
The remaining Q is, can you DIY this?!
It'll need a bit more intuition than wiring a plug, but not too much
How DIYish are you? And, do you promise not to 'cute yourself?

Albermarle

EssexExile said:

Try using a different element. If you always use the fan function try a different function - using the lower element or grill. That will prove whether it is the element.

OP,
You need to test as above.
The oven will have a setting(s) that does not use the fan. Does using this setting trip the electrics?
Same for the grill ( assuming it has one) does just using this on its own trip the electrics?

Britannia12345

Albermarle said:

EssexExile said:

Try using a different element. If you always use the fan function try a different function - using the lower element or grill. That will prove whether it is the element.

OP,
You need to test as above.
The oven will have a setting(s) that does not use the fan. Does using this setting trip the electrics?
Same for the grill ( assuming it has one) does just using this on its own trip the electrics?

Will test it and report back.