Not having a good week....1st we get a big leak from the bath and last night the electric tripped off.

We have a NEFF 1661 (i think) electric oven and the main oven it won't heat up.:(

I have a feeling that it's the fan element that has gone and decided to strip it out to see if it looked burnt or any obvious signs that it has blown.

I have the element out and wondered what reading if any i should be getting by testing it with a multi-meter.

Cheers

You should be able to pass a current through it - test for resistance, if it's reporting "infinite" resistance then the element's bust. I'm not sure what exact values are for oven elements, it probably varies anyway...

Rob.

Oven elements will be pretty low, as they're a high current device. I'd expect less than 10 ohms. They never look burnt, as they get so hot when they're in use. If it tripped the house power, it may have shorted to earth, so check each lead's resistance to the element's metal outer.

Lots of companies online sell spares. the last one I brought for our AEG was about £30, I think.

Phil

jay

if you needs parts for the oven best place in our area is BEC in cheadle heath stockport.

iain

Checked element and it's duff.

Pick new one up on staurday so hopefully all will be sorted.

Mine went last week on a Baumatic, genuine one £58...one off ebay £15 delivered and works fine..

Phil

Mine went last week on a Baumatic, genuine one £58...one off ebay £15 delivered and works fine..

Phil

Genuine Neff £60 3-5 days non gen £35 in stock.

Oven element will be more than 10 ohms, probably around 25 ish. It will rated at between 2 and 2.5kw. Genuine direct from Bosch via the web site is £53.06 inc postage and VAT. (I assume the oven is the U1661GB ?) As long as the new element has 3 turns, it should be fine genuine or pattern. Just be careful with some of the pattern elements in regards to there models they fit with the Neff's. Neff went through a stage around 10 years ago of altering what they fitted fan element wise to the same model number, but varying with the variation number ie gb/01, gb/02,gb/03,gb/31 etc This will be on the then end of the U1661 giving you the complete model number. (That price I put up is for the model U1661GB/09)

Mine went last week on a Baumatic, genuine one £58...one off ebay £15 delivered and works fine..

Phil

Probably could have used a Zanussi element, and cost you less.

Only problem with Baumatic ovens is the slow speed of the fan motor, which allows the elements to cook themselves.

The element, FWIW, will only be a thin wire inside what you can actually see. What you see will be a tube, with a non conductive powder that should crystalise when the element breaks/fails.

Machines I work on the tubing normally bursts meaning getting the elements out of the hole is a task and a half.

EDIT- if the elements gone, a good bet will be a faulty thermostat. Check that before fitting the new element, otherwise that might go bang too.

The element, FWIW, will only be a thin wire inside what you can actually see. What you see will be a tube, with a non conductive powder that should crystalise when the element breaks/fails.

Machines I work on the tubing normally bursts meaning getting the elements out of the hole is a task and a half.

EDIT- if the elements gone, a good bet will be a faulty thermostat. Check that before fitting the new element, otherwise that might go bang too.

How do i do that?

How do i do that?

Unless the oven now overheats you don't. The element will damage the thermostat( if when the element shorts to earth thus welding the stat contacts closed), not the other way round.

The element is just a resistance wire encased in a steel tube with magnesium oxide to insulate the resistance wire from the earthed steel case. A 3 turn element will mean a longer length (over a 2 turn) of resistance wire and casing for the same reistance rating and output which will mean an actual lower resistance is required of the element wire and thus less stress on the whole element and thus less failure rates.

Put the new fan element in, and stick the oven on. Set the thermostat to 50 degrees and let the stat click and it's light go out, you know then the oven is fine and dandy. If it doesn't and it continues to heat (you will know by feel what 50 should be like) then you will need a stat as well. I doubt it though.