6.16 Replacing the heating element.
Requirements.
Check that the following requirements have been met:
▪ The appliance has been disconnected from the power supply and protective measures have been taken to ensure
the power cannot be switched on again.
▪ The appliance is cool.
▪ The casing of the appliance is removed.
▪ The high voltage capacitors are discharged before commencing work.
▪ See section 6.13 for convection fan motor assembly removal to access the heating element.
Additional Tools required.
▪ 7mm open spanner
▪ Torque Wrench
The element is fixed using two M7 hex
bolts, tightened to 2.1 Nm and supported
with a single M5.5 hex flange, tightened to
1.7 Nm.
Use a 7mm spanner to hold the terminal on the element
and loosen the M7 hex nut fixing the wiring connection.
Follow the same procedure re-connecting the wiring and
tighten to 2 Nm.