Recent content by yakheart

Thanks for advice on this fault. The new element arrived today, I fitted it, just bending the earth leads out of the way and ran the oven for quarter of an hour without it tripping the RCD. Usually, if it trips, it trips while the thing is still heating up, so it looks hopeful that it just...

Here is what it looks like (the other two are still insulated with normal electrical tape). Two leads going in to a big metal terminal, no plastic cap. What should I insulate it with that isn't going to give me nightmares about it catching fire?

OK, dumb of me not to read the page properly.:oops: Next dumb question. How do I isolate the earth lead and safely fasten it away? Is it enough to wrap the end of the lead in high temperature tape like this...

Thanks again for being so quick to reply. I have taken out the element, insulated the leads and the oven is running, without the element, without tripping the RCD. So, either the problem is the element, or something that happens to the oven when it heats up. The oven is a NEFF U1420 and I...

Looking for a replacement, and I hit the problem I had a year ago. Replacement elements only seem to have two connections, but the one in the oven has three and the oven has an earth lead. This includes elements advertised as genuine original manufacturer's parts. Would it be safe to use...

Thanks for the really quick reply. I'll try disconnecting it and insulating the wires. The oven doesn't trip the RCD as soon as it is switched on. It will run for a couple of minutes and trip it, then run for a couple of minutes and trip it again. Which probably backs up the idea that it...

Our oven intermittently causes the RCD to trip - the oven worked without a fault for many months, but recently it plays up most times it is used, with the RCD tripping every few minutes. About a year ago, I had the same problem and it went away when I took out and refitted the element. (I...