On 12/20/2020 2:17 PM, Graham wrote:
> 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.
>


In the old days, a twelve year old boy would be able to rewire your
stove so the fan could be on when the non-convection elements were on.
Not sure if today's twelve year old boys can do anything.