[Closed] Oven resolutely not getting over 170 degrees centigrade?

Checked your rubbers?

Rubbers?

Sorry. Seals around door, most likely attached to main body rather than door. Perished, split, detached?

Ah, gotcha. I'll check them out then and have a look.

Does it think it has achieved the requested temperature? Mine gives an audible beep when it hits the temperature. i.e If you set it to 200 does it claim to have made it to 200? If yes then faulty sensor or thermocouple.

If it doesn't and so keeps on heating at full bore then faulty heat seal or similar.

Is it a Siemens?

It's a cheapy POS, it came with the house. There is a light that goes off when it gets to temp, this is not happening. It seems to be heating up at normal speed but just stops at 170.

I'd say the thermostat is grubbed. You'll get one for not a lot of cash, pretty easy to change on most ovens.

Nice one, I'll have a look into that and try a replacement one.

Cheers

Element can still 'partially' work and not be open circuit, so possibly that. If you can see the element without dismantling, you may find and area that looks like a small bunch of grapes where it has blown open.

I'd say a blown element. That is generally what goes wrong with them. Either one has partially gone or one has blown and there is another that hasn't got enough oomph. They are cheap and usually easy to replace.

+1 on element.

thermostat would normally either trip early (lighr would go off) or not trip (oven would overheat).

Probably about £30-40 for a new one but if it's a cheap POS then I'd just replace it with a nicer fan oven with timer etc. Can pick them up very cheap.

sweaman2 - Member
Does it think it has achieved the requested temperature? If yes then faulty sensor or thermocouple.