Oven Fan Motors
The fan motor in your oven or cooker is almost always mounted at the rear of the oven cavity and blows air forward, over a fan oven element which heats the air, into the oven.
The principal ensures that, because of the forced air due to the fan motor, that the oven temperature is more stable and more accurate. In practice with a good fan oven this is true and the temperature is far more even and stable as well as allowing the cooking of different food at the same time without the transfer of odours or flavours.
The oven fan motor is essentially a coil driving a magnetic stator and usually when an oven fan motor fails it will be open circuit but, it's not quite that simple in some cases.
Due to the ingress of grease and cooking fat the fan motor can start to run slowly, the friction created by a build up of detritus materials causing the motor to "drag" can cause hotspots and the premature failure of your fan oven element. It is well worth checking that the fan motor blades turn freely before replacing the oven element.
For more fault finding tips and tricks for ovens and cookers please start with
this basic fault finding guide for ovens and cookers and explore the articles in the self repair section of the main site, including the spares articles that contain a lot of help, hints and tips on oven and cooker repair. It is also worth reading the
article here on why fan oven elements fail if you have a problem with am element failure, especially if it is a repeated failure.
Can't Find The Oven Fan Motor You Need, Not Sure?
Buying spare parts for any oven or cooker can range from the simplest task in the world to one of the most daunting as you try to pick your way through model numbers, serial numbers, ranges and all sorts of information. This is even more the case with oven and cooker spares as there are a plethora of different styles and colours.
We try to make it as simple as possible for you to buy a cooker or oven spare part but, sometimes, we know that we all need a little help from the experts.
Below you will find the various ways in which you can get in touch with us about
oven and cooker fan motors and get answers as quickly as possible but do please use our contact page or email as a first resort as this allows us time to look up spare parts for you and find any low cost compatible oven and cooker spares as well, so you get the best options possible.
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