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submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

Every once in a while, the heating element seems to break on my Gaggenau EB 378 610 oven. Other than that, it works fine.

This time though, I am unable to find a replacement part since the manufacturer discontinued it. I searched everywhere online and on eBay, but was still unable to find it.

I would rather not buy a new oven since that would be very expensive and I like this one. Does anyone have any ideas about where I can find a replacement heating element? Or am I out of luck?

It's a convection element, part #00098494, 100L

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[-] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

Suspiciously there is a Bosch heating element with the same part number You might want to check to see if they are equivalent.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

I believe they are - in fact, Bosch acquired Gaggenau at some point. Unfortunately, it looks like both Bosch and Gaggenau discontinued the part :(

[-] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago
[-] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

My apologies for trying to help. Good luck.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

TIL downvotes on Lemmy are public lol. That was honestly just a misclick tho, my bad

[-] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

At some point the cost of replacing elements is going to exceed the cost of a new oven. You could stock up on elements if you can find any.

I don't think I've ever had an element break on me, though, even on decades-old ovens. You might want to check the power to the oven and element just to make sure you're not over-volting it or something.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Definitely possible. The first one lasted nearly 30 years (until 2020), the second lasted less than a year and was still under warranty, and the third just broke a few weeks ago. My repair guy seems to think the replacement part he's been able to get is just lower quality than the original.

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