Hi, Folks.
My wife had the cooker / oven on tonight for reheating some pizza. I was in the family room and noted that the lights were fluctuating between dark and light. The fluctuation was noticable but not drastic. I ignored it. Shortly thereafter a loud sizzling noise came from the kitchen. My wife said she saw fire in the oven. When I got there and opened the door I could see part of the heating element was glowing / burning. I switched off the breaker and I need to let it cool down before looking at it again. It seems that the bottom element "shorted" or something but I don't even know if that is possible. I'm suspecting a short was causing a current draw which led to the lights acting the way they were - either that or just one hell of a coincidence.
We have a Jenn-Air SVD48600 that the previous owners bought and installed in 1997. I'm thinking that all I need to do is replace the heating element (or have someone replace it for me) and I will be all set. Just curious to see if anyone else has had this issue.
I've included two pics that hopefully give you an idea of what I am talking about.
http://www.bodoin.com/myimages/oven1.jpg
http://www.bodoin.com/myimages/oven2.jpg
Cheers, Max
EDIT: you used to be able to inline picture, not any more? Also, any idea of what could have actually caused this to happen and should I worry about it happening again with a new element?