Siemens oven trips switch on consumer unit

Sep 24, 2011 5 Replies

Hi there,



Our ~ 9 year old Siemens double oven seems to be tripping the switch labelled: RCD Controlled Circuits on the consumer unit. The top oven/ grill can be operated without any problems, however when the main fan oven is operated it soon trips the MCB.



It has been doing this for a few months now.



Any pointers?


See the section on heater elements here:

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in summary, try disconnecting the heater element and then see if the oven still causes a trip. If it does not, then replace the element.

Brilliant, thanks for the help guys!

I shall test it when I get the time, doesn't look too hard to remove.

New element should be here next week.

Number 119?

A very impressive DIY effort.

Just to throw a variable into the equation, I had a somewhat similar problem and that was the fan motor. I hope it's the element if you've ordered a new one !

Rob

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