miele H396BP Not Heating...

12 years ago

Does anyone have a solution as to what may be happening here. I just purchased a used one of these from a reputable store and installed it with a buddy of mine, it turned on I set the time he went home I went to preheat the oven and it does not get warm. It went up like 5 degrees in about 10 minutes but the heating element does not turn red. I called my buddy back and he said there is a slight chance that the wire nuts might not be making connectivity to the wire and he will check this over tomorrow but I have a feeling it will not be the case.

So does anybody have an idea what other reasons there may to why this is not working? I really like the way the oven looks in my kitchen and I cannot afford to buy a new one. Please if anyone can help my wife and I would greatly appreciate it.

Thank you.

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harveywall74
Original Author

12 years ago

Okay so problem solved! It was not getting proper voltage due to the wiring at the box one of the wire nuts were a little lose that has been taking care of and just baked some cookies. Thank you everyone for your answers, this was my first time using gardenweb.com but the site always comes up when I search things so really thank you to everyone for your help.

Now I just need to call Miele and see if the humming sound it makes while sitting idle is normal because I know nothing about Miele oven's I have only ever used their Vent's and DIshwashers.

As for the reputable store, they give you a store credit but you only have about a week to test it, I know a lot of people who purchased from them so I trusted them to be good.

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Comments (9)

homepro01
12 years ago
I have attached a link to the owners manual. It has a couple of scenarios if the oven does not heat.
Good luck!

Here is a link that might be useful: Miele h396bp manual
rococogurl
12 years ago
There must be a vent cut in the back of the cabinet per installation instructions. Was that done?

Did you check the voltage setting?
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harveywall74
Original Author
12 years ago
Thank you, I already have that and looked through it and could not find anything helpful for my problem...
harveywall74
Original Author
12 years ago
I do have the vent cutout done correctly I have it on the bottom not the back but it says you can vent it that way as well and it does have space for air to flow correctly.
weissman
12 years ago
Does the "reputable store" give any kind of warranty or guarantee on used appliances or do they sell them as-is? Did they make any kind of representation that the oven actually worked - you may have some kind of implied warranty for fitness of purpose. I would go back to the store and talk to them.
weedmeister
12 years ago
Assuming you replaced an old oven, was the circuit a 3-wire or 4-wire installation? The Meile requires 4. A loose wire on one of the hots could result in the oven not heating.
rococogurl
12 years ago
The humming sounds is the oven fan. It runs for quite some time after the oven is used. You can cut down on the time by leaving the door ajar for a while.

If you like roast chicken, season one up good. Put it directly on the rack with the drip pan slid into the runner below it. Be sure the splatter shield is in place.

No need to preheat -- it goes into a cold oven. Then select Roast and Autoroast at 425F. In one hour 10 to 20 minutes (depending on size) you will have a wonderful roast chicken. If there are splatters during the cooking just pour about 1/3 cup of warm water into the tray below the rack.

Autoroast is one of my favorite settings because it starts in a cold oven -- no preheating and no difficulty putting anything in.
askyle
5 years ago
Signed in to comment on a n ancient post Houzz bought from gardenweb just to note that this was a lifesaver. One leg of the 240v wasn’t hooked up properly. Oven had 120v from one leg that was good enough to power lol the Leto is and all worked fine, but the oven wouldn’t heat. Turns out the other leg of power wasn’t connected and thus wouldn’t energize any of the heating circuits. I corrected the power and it all works fine.

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