The main oven element on this twin cavity oven cooker is wired from the rear but must be unscrewed from inside the oven after removing the fan cover. to test it you just need to continuity test but you can take an ohms reading visit and power calculator online to get the power and make sure yours matches. So firstly i removed the back cover to access the wiring and then i test the element obviously this one is good but yours may be OL on the multimeter which shows it is damaged and not a complete circuit so needs replacing.
Mine showed 230V ( UK voltage ) squared / 25.9 Resistance = 2KW Power
Before starting ensure oven is isolated from electricity never work on live equipment.
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identify the correct cables and remove connectors
now connectors are removed set the multmeter to ohms
and connect multimeter probes to terminals
my reading is 25.9 this is a perfect reading for a 2kw cooker oven element
Ill carry on a replace this anyway to show you the steps your may differ slightly
but the principles are the same
remove the fan and element cover
then undo the electric element retaining screws
and the element should pull away easily
here i test the element again outside the oven its 26.1 now
but these meters are not always exact so its still a good reading
now replace the new element
screw in both retaining screws
make sure the fan is central to the element and tighten
and finally refit the our fan / element cover
and then refit the electric connections to the rear of the element
exactly as you found them
You can see the video below of this process
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