Wednesday, 9 December 2020

Electric cooker oven repair - changing replacing and testing, grill / oven cooker element with built in capillary tube thermostat


This is on the top upper oven on this twin cavity oven cooker model.

Not a hard job just 2 wires and 2 screw on this model and most models to be fair but this one does make it a bit more difficult that you have to open up the copper tube holding element and pull it out it can be hard to get the capillary tube out, try to open the copper out carefully and steady. Try not to damage capillary tube as you may cause damage and further expense and time on repair.


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Cooker oven hob repair - changing replacing and testing,  grill / oven cooker element with built in capillary tube thermostat

to begin with gain access to the rear of element you will need to access both front and rear


Cooker oven hob repair - changing replacing and testing,  grill / oven cooker element with built in capillary tube thermostat

Remove the wiring but make not of what goes where so you return them back to 
how they were before and remove the protective earth connection to 

Cooker oven hob repair - changing replacing and testing,  grill / oven cooker element with built in capillary tube thermostat

Now open up the capillary tube copper shroud its inside this copper tube
you need to use long nose pliers and open up the tube to allow the probe to 
be pulled out from inside

Cooker oven hob repair - changing replacing and testing,  grill / oven cooker element with built in capillary tube thermostat

probe is now out you can go to front of the oven open the door and look for the screws that
hold the element in place 

Cooker oven hob repair - changing replacing and testing,  grill / oven cooker element with built in capillary tube thermostat



Cooker oven hob repair - changing replacing and testing,  grill / oven cooker element with built in capillary tube thermostat

both retaining screws removed the element will just pull free 

Cooker oven hob repair - changing replacing and testing,  grill / oven cooker element with built in capillary tube thermostat




Element is out you can test it with the multimeter again if you wish and test new on prior to fitting 

Cooker oven hob repair - changing replacing and testing,  grill / oven cooker element with built in capillary tube thermostat

Cooker oven hob repair - changing replacing and testing,  grill / oven cooker element with built in capillary tube thermostat

now refit make sure all holes are aligned and then screw in retaining screws


Cooker oven hob repair - changing replacing and testing,  grill / oven cooker element with built in capillary tube thermostat


Cooker oven hob repair - changing replacing and testing,  grill / oven cooker element with built in capillary tube thermostat

rethread the thermostat capillary tube back into its shroud and bend copper 
a bit so it will not work free

Cooker oven hob repair - changing replacing and testing,  grill / oven cooker element with built in capillary tube thermostat

reattach the wiring connectors 

Cooker oven hob repair - changing replacing and testing,  grill / oven cooker element with built in capillary tube thermostat

Cooker oven hob repair - changing replacing and testing,  grill / oven cooker element with built in capillary tube thermostat









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