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what do you do with the earth wires

there are two wires for the earth terminal coming from the back of the oven what do you do with these as they might touch the live connections when replacing the element back into postion

By fishface - st neots - 28 November 2008

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  • Chris from eSpares
    Chris at eSpares says...

    On most new ovens the earth connection has been removed. This is because on all ovens in the UK the chassis is earthed and screwing the element in place earths it. If you do have an earth connection we suggest you insulate the end or follow back to the earth point and remove it as it is no longer required.

  • Hi There. Simply remove the spade connection for the earth connection on the element, then fit a ring type crimp on the wire, pass 1 of the fixing screws through the hole in the ring terminal & replace the fixing screw to secure the element & this will re-fix the earth in the correct position. Regards By Bobby9876 - - 03 June 2009
  • Rory from eSpares
    Rory at eSpares says...

    Hi Fishface Your best bet for advice fitting this is an electrician or cooker specialist. We're not electricians, we don't want to give you advice that might be dangerous!

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