On Sun, 20 Dec 2020 13:17:37 -0600, Sqwertz wrote:

> On Sun, 20 Dec 2020 09:59:47 -0700, Graham wrote:
>
>> I have a Bosch convection oven that must be one of the worst things they
>> have ever made. I use the convection feature for all my cooking and last
>> night turned it on to pre-heat for the lousy pizza I'd made.
>> Sparks and flames!!! The convection element burned out. What a time to fail
>> with next week's xmas baking looming.
>> Luckily it has a conventional baking function with the element buried
>> beneath the floor of the oven so I had a "stand-by. I have never used this
>> so I will have to discover the oven's other foibles.
>> Now I'm faced with the dilemma of either paying for an expensive repair or
>> biting the bullet and replacing the whole shebang.
>> As much as I'd like a Miele or other up-market replacement, it isn't worth
>> it. When I eventually downsize to a smaller house or casket, this house
>> will be jacked up and carted away to some rural location and a huge,
>> triple-garaged mansion built in its place.
>
> There's actually an element for the convection fan? Most ovens, the
> elements or burners are separate from the fan - one top and one
> bottom. Then the fan just swirls the heat around from those. Will
> the fan still run with only the bottom element on? Are you sure
> that element never turns on when you're just using convection?
>
> -sw

True convection ovens, of which this is one have heating elements in the
fan housing and blast out hot air. Cheaper convection ovens just circulate
the air that is heated by the elements in the oven chamber itself.