The grill element in a neighbour's oven has one half fialed (it tripped the mains). As a good neghbour I felt it was asking a bit much for me to replace it and politely declined. Just wondering what it might cost if they call out Indesit engineer?
I noticed two screws on the element flange. Can you change the element without removing the oven from its housing?
Usually, yes. It's easy in a new appliance. In a used appliance, it can be very messy due to burned grease, etc, and you might find the connectors have been damaged by heat.
I did one in a Hotpoint (same factory I think) last year.
Certainly, only two screws. But the cables were very short and impossible to remove/refit without removing the rear casing - which of course meant removing the oven from its housing.
Not that difficult - I positioned a Workmate in front, and we lifted it onto that. Isolated at the CU and the DP switch too! but left cable connected.
One of the spade connectors was a sod to get off - there were four, given that it's a two part element.
About 40 minutes work.
Bob Eager wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@mid.individual.net:
I think I am glad I declined. Different if it was mine.I would normally want to remove the original to make sure I was buying the right replacement. This would mean taking the oven out twice and there is an added ping-fuckit built into other people's appliances.
My experience has been very similar to Bob and Andrew's. I'd do the job for one of my kids, but not for a neighbour!
That is a braver thing to do than just saying yes to your neighbour regardless of how well you get on with them.
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