🧵 wtf just happened to my oven?
Anonymous at Fri, 28 Mar 2025 17:23:31 UTC No. 16631029
I didn't know what other board to ask on. I was heating it up to bake at 350. Part of the heating coil started a small fire inside which I noticed but wasn't too worried about because it's pretty normal for any small debris on the coil to sometimes catch fire and then burn out.
But it started making electrical noises in the spot the flame was and then started burning bright white like an electric flame. A few seconds later sparks flew out from the settings panel and the entire oven died. What the hell just happened.
Anonymous at Fri, 28 Mar 2025 17:25:41 UTC No. 16631032
also it smells like burning plastic in my kitchen now
Anonymous at Fri, 28 Mar 2025 17:57:22 UTC No. 16631069
The heat element burned and was cut in the process. No more electric flow. Buy new.america is build on cheap things constantly needing replacement.
Anonymous at Fri, 28 Mar 2025 18:19:43 UTC No. 16631088
>>16631069
can it be saved or do I need a new oven? I don't want a fuse replaced only for this shit to happen again. Electrical fire happened in circled area. honestly I don't ever want to plug it in again regardless
Anonymous at Fri, 28 Mar 2025 18:42:59 UTC No. 16631126
>>16631088
You need to replace the circled element. Not the whole oven. Unplug the oven before servicing. If it does not have a plug let a repair man repair it.
P.s. clean your oven every now and then.
Anonymous at Fri, 28 Mar 2025 19:09:36 UTC No. 16631157
>>16631029
the heating element failed.
happened to the eye on my stove once.
made me jump and ask myself if that really jsut happened.
Anonymous at Fri, 28 Mar 2025 19:12:11 UTC No. 16631160
https://youtu.be/t0pKyK6paPU?t=47
Anonymous at Fri, 28 Mar 2025 19:47:22 UTC No. 16631195
>>16631088
It may be able to be saved but you can probably get a new standard oven like that for the cost it would take to have it repaired so I'm not sure if it's worth it. You could buy a new lower heating element, comes out at 20 bucks in amazon and see if it works if you just plug and chug it in. If it doesn't then there's greater damage if it does then you may be good to go after a good cleaning
Anonymous at Fri, 28 Mar 2025 20:27:21 UTC No. 16631236
>>16631029
You probably had too much oil on the heating element and it overheated. Try changing the heating element, but be careful. Is the oven still works fine? If you saw electrical sparks, it might damaged some cables, so you better test it very carefully after change
Anonymous at Fri, 28 Mar 2025 22:07:03 UTC No. 16631322