Oven: Fixed!
As noted last week, our oven died. I got a call this morning that the replacement element had come in, so we ducked over to pick it up, and then waited. By some Christmas miracle we managed to get it replaced (a rather quick job as I already had all the racks out and the old element removed), and while I was steeling myself to have wasted $110+ and for it to continue tripping the breaker, we were instead treated to the smell of the storage grease being burned off the element as it heated up for the first time.
Ours is a “Simpson 2001” - there’s apparently more specific model numbers but I can’t find them. Replacement didn’t seem too difficult, I am fairly sure I could have managed it myself:
With the breaker in the tripped position to isolate power, I removed the racks from inside the oven, and reached the back of the cavity. There are four screws holding the cover plate on, which should be carefully swung down as it holds the temperature probe on it as well. This will expose the fan and the element, which is ring-shaped surrounding the fan.
One screw on the left and two on the right will liberate the element, however it must be carefully maneuvered to get all three wires out the rectangular hole without breaking any of them (I’m not sure if this is actually a concern, I was sure worried about it). They are then simple spade terminals, be careful not to lose them down the rear wall as you might have trouble fishing them out. There’s a green wire that appears to be a ground connection going to the centre, and two white wires - I’m not sure if they need to go to specific terminals but I arranged them so that I would not confuse them when testing the element. I am fairly sure if you fucked up and put the green wire in the wrong place you’d immediately trip the breaker (if not damaging something else), but yeah.
Replacement appeared to be the exact reverse… connect the terminals, carefully get everything back in the hole, put three screws in. Put the cover back on, being sure to make sure the temperature probe goes back in correctly, and then hold your breath and turn it on. We had the extractor fan on the range next to it going full blast to evacuate any smoke from the grease, but it wasn’t really that bad, I don’t think we were in any danger of setting off the smoke alarm.
But it appears to have fixed it, so here’s hoping we don’t have to replace it just yet!
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