11 year old oven tripping breaker UK

[Aprilf]

Hi all,

My 11 year old oven has started tripping the whole house electrics when it's switched on, even if I just try to switch on the oven light and not any form of heating.

Phoned an electrician who said it's probably the heating element and it's better off buying a new oven than replacing the element. He said he's saving me money by diagnosing on the phone, but I wasn't sure whether to get someone out to find the fault and see if it's repairable before buying a whole new oven?

Do you think it sounds like the heating element and if so is it really better to get a new oven rather than replace the element?

Thanks!

 

[ProDave]

It all depends on the condition of the cooker. Depending who has used it for 11 years, it could be anything from showroom condition to "I would not want to eat food that came out of that" Let that determine how much money you want to spend fixing it vs replacing it.

You won't remote diagnose it.

 

[nicebutdim]

If it the breaker holds when oven is switched on at the isolator, but trips when you try to operate any of its controls, it could be something as simple as the lamp inside. These have a habit of exploding and can leave a dead short.

Make sure the oven is isolated, then unscrew the lamp cover and take a look. This may not be the cause, but it won't cost anything to take a look. Just be careful with the lamp base if the glass has broken as there will still be shards attached. Again, make sure the oven is isolated before touching the lamp.

The heating element shouldn't cause a breaker to trip if oven heating is turned off.

 

[poni]

what's the oven cost you 11 years at a £1 a week? ,time to get a new one , it will cost you at least half the price of a new one to get it fixed, and you still have an 11 year old oven, that is unless Nice But Dim idea fixes it

 

[NozSpark]

I was called to a cooker tripping the RCD a good few years ago…. I found that the oven didn’t have anything wrong with it and that they infact had a N-E fault in an en-suite light fitting…. It needed the large load of the cooker for it to affect the RCD

 

[Andy™]

by the time you pay someone to come diagnose it, pay for parts, pay for fitting parts, its often easier to replace. fixing it now will work however all other components are similar age and may fail next week

 

[SPECIAL LOCATION]

Hi all,

My 11 year old oven has started tripping the whole house electrics when it's switched on, even if I just try to switch on the oven light and not any form of heating.

Phoned an electrician who said it's probably the heating element and it's better off buying a new oven than replacing the element. He said he's saving me money by diagnosing on the phone, but I wasn't sure whether to get someone out to find the fault and see if it's repairable before buying a whole new oven?

Do you think it sounds like the heating element and if so is it really better to get a new oven rather than replace the element?

Thanks!

Irrespective of if the oven is faulty / repairable / needs replacing etc..

It sounds to me like your consumer unit is a very outdated arrangement with a single RCD protecting the whole installation... ?
Hence you lose ALL power during a fault on a single circuit...!

A modern fully equipped RCBO consumer unit would prevent this inconvenience when one circuit has a fault!
It could be worth considering a Consumer Unit replacement.

 

[Alarmist]

Irrespective of if the oven is faulty / repairable / needs replacing etc..

It sounds to me like your consumer unit is a very outdated arrangement with a single RCD protecting the whole installation... ?
Hence you lose ALL power during a fault on a single circuit...!

A modern fully equipped RCBO consumer unit would prevent this inconvenience when one circuit has a fault!
It could be worth considering a Consumer Unit replacement.

But that doesn't resolve the issue with the oven.

 

[SPECIAL LOCATION]

But that doesn't resolve the issue with the oven.

Hence my opening line... (maybe you didn't read that line?)

Irrespective of if the oven is faulty / repairable / needs replacing etc..

Earlier posts I think have covered the other key oven related points!