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rhyds · 08-12-2016, 17:52

My Zanussi built in Electric Oven and Grill.

After using the grill for the first time in ages the other day, the RCD for the house suddenly tripped. This was very odd, as the oven itself wasn't actually turned on at the time (only the clock was showing). The only way I could stop it happening was to switch off the oven isolator switch on the wall. Once everything cooled down, the oven would work again without tripping the RCD, but only if it wasn't warmed up, as soon as it did, it tripped everything again. A couple of electrician friends mentioned it was probably a neutral to earth fault in one of the elements, so I decided to apply the process of elimination, and disconnected each element in turn to see which one caused the issue.

In the end it turned out to be the grill element, and I was luckily able to order a brand new Zanussi part for about £40. I would have got one from Ebay but it seems Zanussi/Electrolux had changed the design of the element (the original had a hinge, the new one didn't) and it was very hard to find one on ebay that was listed as fitting my oven.

It all came apart and went back together surprisingly easily this afternoon, and I can now use my oven again!

08-12-2016, 17:52	#536
rhyds Inactive Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: North Wales Services: Plusnet Phone/BB, Freesat, VM Business BB (Cable) Posts: 821	Re: What have you fixed lately? My Zanussi built in Electric Oven and Grill. After using the grill for the first time in ages the other day, the RCD for the house suddenly tripped. This was very odd, as the oven itself wasn't actually turned on at the time (only the clock was showing). The only way I could stop it happening was to switch off the oven isolator switch on the wall. Once everything cooled down, the oven would work again without tripping the RCD, but only if it wasn't warmed up, as soon as it did, it tripped everything again. A couple of electrician friends mentioned it was probably a neutral to earth fault in one of the elements, so I decided to apply the process of elimination, and disconnected each element in turn to see which one caused the issue. In the end it turned out to be the grill element, and I was luckily able to order a brand new Zanussi part for about £40. I would have got one from Ebay but it seems Zanussi/Electrolux had changed the design of the element (the original had a hinge, the new one didn't) and it was very hard to find one on ebay that was listed as fitting my oven. It all came apart and went back together surprisingly easily this afternoon, and I can now use my oven again!