knackered grill element

[binky]

Today's little home job, replacing the grill element. Really didn't expect it to look like this! 

 

[ProDave]

Even before it failed, I bet it was not grilling very evenly?

 

[UNG]

I've seen a couple like that recently, they don't seem to put as much support around the element these days so they quite often distort when used

 

[binky]

I've seen a couple like that recently, they don't seem to put as much support around the element these days so they quite often distort when used

 it's a double grill, and the other side is quite twisted as well - really quite shocking! 

 

[Andy™]

thats in a somewhat reasonable condition compared to some

 

[kerching]

 It's taken a fair old grilling

Eeeeeeey thankkkkkkkkk yowwwwwwww!

 

[Geoff1946]

I've seen a couple like that recently, they don't seem to put as much support around the element these days so they quite often distort when used

That strikes a note with me. I have a fairly expensive AEG cooker and some of the design and engineering falls far short of what I would expect. 

At about 3 years old I noticed that the top oven/grill element was getting lower. On investigation it is supported by a single central bracket, attached to the thin sheet metal of the cavity by a small self tapping screw. To my dismay this had caused a large hole, the size of the bracket to corrode in the oven roof. 

Fortunately, being my appliance and my time, I was able to strip the thing right down and rivet in a repair plate from above but otherwise this penny pinching design would have caused the very premature write off of an expensive appliance 

 

[UNG]

That strikes a note with me. I have a fairly expensive AEG cooker and some of the design and engineering falls far short of what I would expect. 

At about 3 years old I noticed that the top oven/grill element was getting lower. On investigation it is supported by a single central bracket, attached to the thin sheet metal of the cavity by a small self tapping screw. To my dismay this had caused a large hole, the size of the bracket to corrode in the oven roof. 

Fortunately, being my appliance and my time, I was able to strip the thing right down and rivet in a repair plate from above but otherwise this penny pinching design would have caused the very premature write off of an expensive appliance 

I saw one recently the oven has only been used a couple of times and the element is already dropping due to it's very limited support brackets