I've been making some mop (base) boards out of Saltillo tile and even though I seal them before cutting my tile saw spits out so much water that the tiles get pretty wet and take forever to dry. To speed up the drying I bake them in an oven with the door slightly ajar.
I had just removed one batch and was fixing to stick in some more when the heating element started burning. Lit up like an arc welder. I turned the oven off, element still was burning so I flipped the circuit breaker. That stopped the burning but it took quite a while for the hot spot to cool down.
My questions...
- Why did the element start burning? The only thing I can think of is that there was a thin spot which ultimately couldn't stand the current. Right? Wrong? Other reason?
- Why didn't the burning stop after shutting off the oven, why the necessity to flip the circuit breaker.
- A new element is on its way, looks to be an easy fix. Is there anything else that might have been messed up?
Thanks