Element in oven sparked at corner and now will not heat

The element sparking and short circuiting has nothing to do with the cleanliness of the oven. An element will break down internally and short circuit due to it's age or hours of service. Have a look at the element to see if there are any holes/blow marks on it. If there are it requires replacement. Sometimes the element will look fine but will still be faulty.

Heating element replacement is usually as simple as you describe.

Charlie

"Sparking inside oven" -- sounds like you might have an electric oven?

If so-- perhaps there is a screw or bolt that is loose on the big heating element-- Can you wiggle it, with maybe a stick?-- and see if it is loose?-- and tighten it?--
If it has broken-- likely you will have to get a new heating element.

Mack B

Hi, Yes, that element is toast...
If your electric oven is taking too long to heat or just not heating up right,then check out this tip that will give more detail about your problem.

Oven Problems Electric Oven is Heating Slowly or Poorly

heatman101

Question where did spark come from. Is element broken? If came out of back connection then connect and element should be replaced, If element is worn or broken then replace element, easy to fix yourself, just make sure you disconnect power for safety.

Check if an insulator of the element is broken.

If the element is of the "Calrod" tube type, then the element has internal failure. Remove and replace the element.

The element probably has a grounding within the tube keeping the power on a section of it.

Hi there.
You have faulty oven element. and nothing more serious than that.
Simply disconnect and remove the faulty element, and fit a new one.
Problem solved!!!.
Plz rate my solution.Thanks.

You need a new heating element fitting.
Do not use it until it is fixed.
The white powder is from the inside of the element.
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Ta.

remove back panel inside oven and element will be exposed. this element is probably faulty and you can often see the damage
to replace, take the outer rear panel off and element fixings are in view - easy job usually

yes the switch that controls the element is bad the oven is a natural thing there is no general promblem bad with the range the oven elements are called cal rod elements its a wire with insulation between it and the out side part if the insulation breaks down then the wire shorts out and its like an electric welder and your right its a scary site to see lol the eye is a bad switch just replace the switch and it will be fine the element you took out is still good plug it in where you took the other one out and see