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thank you all, just ended up switching the mains supply off instead of hoping the isolating switch did what it was meant to. Didnt really want to fry myself. Element came out, almost corroded on side like someone had taken a hacksaw to it. New element now in. Cheers all.

bernard what is the easiest way of confirming what you said. Is there a dummies guide for people like me. is it simple, dont really want to pay the 70 call out fee when the part is only 20

sorry mate but the element just looks dead, its not really that that i wanted confirmation about, it really was just about the switch and whether it was safe to now work on the appliance

the heating element is dead :D its got a cracked surface. Surely the oven switch isolates the power does it not. When i switched it off the oven wouldnt come on, i`m not an electrician but surely that must mean there is no power coming to the oven :lol:

how do i know if its double poled, i pulled the oven out there seems to be like a brown box with a "lid" on the back of the oven with a brown cable coming out to a white box on the back wall in the oven recess then a white cable running up out of this white box on the wall behind the worktop to...

Ok i have a belling xou178 single electric oven. I have a switch on the wall for the oven which cuts the power to the oven so that nothing comes on. I believe the heating element has gone for the fan oven not the grill as both the grill and fan still work as does the oven light, however, no heat...