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The past week the oven on my Smeg SUK91MFX5 has been causing the circuit breaker box to trip. Today, the oven decided not to turn off, with the element on the right staying red hot. Is the problem with the thermostat, element or something else (and how easy is it to fix?!) ?
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If it's the circuit breaker in your house or apartment that's blowing, then either you are overloading the circuit, or you have a bad breaker. Check to see what other devices might be plugged into that circuit, and move as many of them as possible to a different circuit.
This tutorial will show you how to check your Smeg element and how to replace your Smeg cooker element.
Here are the 3 main faults to look for in your oven or cooker that is not heating
Your oven will not work until the clock/timer has been re-set after replacing an oven element or tripping the electrical supply. Consult your Smeg manual.
If your Oven is not getting hot or heating up it could be a faulty element, if the fan in the oven is running and the thermostat light is on, this will lead us to believe that the element has gone faulty. With grills the thermostat light should come on there should be heat, if not then this could be the grill element or the thermostat.
When you turn the oven on, the household electrical supply trips on the Rcd (this is the earth trip in the fuse board sometimes called the breaker tripping) your fan oven element has gone to earth and needs replacing.
It is possible there is a heavy short on the oven and so the circuit breaker cuts off the supply when the oven is switched ON.
You will need to disconnect the coils to the ovens one by one till it is confirmed of the shorted coils. A test of the coil also will indicate the fault. If this is a ELCB then the ground leak within the oven /poor ground connection of the outlet can also cause the issue. make sure there is no damping in the connections of the power to leak and trip the circuit.
This tutorial will show you how to check your Smeg element and how to replace your Smeg cooker element.
Here are the 3 main faults to look for in your oven or cooker that is not heating
Your oven will not work until the clock/timer has been re-set after replacing an oven element or tripping the electrical supply. Consult your Smeg manual.
If your Oven is not getting hot or heating up it could be a faulty element, if the fan in the oven is running and the thermostat light is on, this will lead us to believe that the element has gone faulty. With grills the thermostat light should come on there should be heat, if not then this could be the grill element or the thermostat.
When you turn the oven on, the household electrical supply trips on the Rcd (this is the earth trip in the fuse board sometimes called the breaker tripping) your fan oven element has gone to earth and needs replacing.
Sounds like you may be getting only 110v to unit. After unplugging, Check for any burnt wires around terminal block or around elements. Also first check if breaker may have half way tripped. Cut breaker for stove all the way off and then back on. The bake element may have partially tripped the 220v breaker thus only sending 110v to unit.
Microwaves that are either built in, a part of the oven, or over the range are on a dedicated circuit by law. This means nothing else could have tripped that breaker but the microwave.
If it has a problem severe enough to trip a 20 amp breaker several times, it is only getting worse each time you reset the breaker and turn it on.
There is a possible chance of fire. I recommend you turn the circuit breaker off and replace the microwave. Is it a plug in, or over the range type?
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