Hi,
I’ve got a Hotpoint oven that’s 9 years old. Recently using the grill caused the electricity to trip. It did this a couple of times and then the grill stopped working altogether.
The oven has two elements and the grill element works when the oven is on - so no working oven.
I ordered a new part from Hotpoint and fitted it exactly as the old one was fitted.
I switched on the oven to test and it worked fine right up to the point that the thermostat clicked off and then the electricity tripped again!
It seems the oven works fine while it’s not up to temperature but as soon as as the oven clicks off, the electricity trips.
Would this indicate that I need a new thermostat?
And if so, is it the black thing with a blue dot by the terminals at the back of the grill element?
Is it worth fixing something like this or am I likely to be fault diagnosing and replacing parts in an endless loop until I’ve basically build a new oven?
I’ve got a Hotpoint oven that’s 9 years old. Recently using the grill caused the electricity to trip. It did this a couple of times and then the grill stopped working altogether.
The oven has two elements and the grill element works when the oven is on - so no working oven.
I ordered a new part from Hotpoint and fitted it exactly as the old one was fitted.
I switched on the oven to test and it worked fine right up to the point that the thermostat clicked off and then the electricity tripped again!
It seems the oven works fine while it’s not up to temperature but as soon as as the oven clicks off, the electricity trips.
Would this indicate that I need a new thermostat?
And if so, is it the black thing with a blue dot by the terminals at the back of the grill element?
Is it worth fixing something like this or am I likely to be fault diagnosing and replacing parts in an endless loop until I’ve basically build a new oven?