Greetings /diy/
I'm currently in the process of disassemblieng a convection oven with a faulty fan.
Upon removing the backplate i discovered that some of the insulation in the top of the oven is a bot charred/burnt. Is this normal or is the oven completely fucked?
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looks like smoke damage from the fan eating itself to me but you're the one with it in front of you. that's not normal though
>>1115955
Looks like the seals for the elements have perished somewhat. The insulation on these tends to get fucked from past experience.
>>1115961
I doubt that burning was caused by the fan. It will be heat from the oven chamber its self.
>>1115997
that's fiberglass insulation, it didn't burn.
yeah, it's all normal: wherever there's an element, there's a darkened area above it for obvious reasons. the top area has 2 elements, so twice as much dark area.
>>1116002
Discolouration then, the point still stands.
>>1116007
that's fiberglass insulation, it didn't turn brown and black because of heat.
>>1116026
Your a fucking autist, arguing a non point.
The oven heaing up causes this staining, its basically deposits and crap from whatever the oven has been cooking transfering to the glass. Usually its pretty sticky from all the fat ect.
Its fucking retarded that you pick up on such trivial shit when basically saying its heat eacaping from the oven chamber explains the issue sufficiently for what OP is asking.
>>1115955
That's a bit crispy, but not critical. Fiberglass will turn that color from all sorts of reasons from heat to smoke leaking out the back.. I suspect there might be an air leak by the element connector. Just check all the wires for any melt damage.
Pressure has been blowing stuff out there. See the trail and the mark directly above that split.
Look close at the left white/black wires where they run down to the ziptie, make sure there isn't any damage.
OP here
Thanks guys. I actually bought the oven for next to nothing (the rest of the oven is in very nice condition) as a temp replacement for a shitty 20 year old oven.
I will check up on the things mentioned.
Just smell it. If it smells like the inside of the oven then it is just leaky oven exhaust. If it smells lime carbon, then it's a burn or smoke from something that burned. Judging g by the brown coloring and my experience sticking g my head in ovens I'd say it's just an exhaust leak.