The short answer
On the YAES oven this symptom is usually a lost earth, because a cabinet that gives a tingle is telling you the protective path has gone and the metalwork is now the path. The YAES family splits across trim and finish suffixes rather than across different machinery, so the order below holds for every one of them.
What you observe
- A bang, a flash and a trip, all at once — An arc rather than an overload, and the appliance must not be used again until it has been inspected.
- A smell of gas anywhere near the appliance — Leave the building first and diagnose nothing.
- The breaker trips when the oven calls for heat — The heavy part of the load, which is where a marginal connection or a failing element shows first.
- A hot or scorched smell behind the appliance — At the cord entry it is the terminal block; inside the cavity it is an element or a harness.
- NEAR MISS — the oven is simply cold and nothing has tripped — No heat with no trip, no smell and no tingle is an ordinary heating fault and belongs on the not-heating page.
Causes, most likely first on the YAES family
- Earth path lost at the appliance or the outlet — First on this family. It is the fault that hurts someone rather than the one that breaks the appliance, which is why a tingle means stop immediately.
- Rodent damage or debris in the wiring space — Second on these models. Chewed insulation and nesting material against a live connection produce exactly the burning smell and intermittent trip this page is about.
- Supply cord and terminal block at the back of the appliance — Third. A screw that was never fully tightened, or a conductor landed on the wrong stud after a house move, heats every time the oven draws current.
- Element arcing to the cavity or failing to earth — Last of the four, and the one to reach for only when the others are clean. An element that has blistered near its terminal can flash to the liner, which trips protection and leaves a bright pit at the failure point.
- Body: A brand-generic article on this symptom starts with the supply cord and terminal block at the back of the appliance.
Check in this order, and why
- Stop using the appliance at the first tingle and switch off at the breaker — This is not a check to work through; it is a reason to isolate and call someone qualified.
- With the appliance isolated and pulled out, look at the floor and the back panel — Droppings or shredded material behind the range changes the diagnosis completely and calls for a qualified inspection.
- With the appliance isolated, look at the terminal cover for discolouration — Browning, a smell of hot plastic or a screw that turns freely are each enough to stop using the appliance until it is dealt with.
Before you open anything
Safety
If you smell gas: do not switch anything on or off, leave the building, and call the gas utility or emergency services from outside.
Models in the YAES family
Reference| Model number | Family key |
|---|---|
| YAES6603 | amana:oven:yaes |
| YAES6603SF | amana:oven:yaes |
When to call a technician
Call for every symptom on this page except the free observations: a tingle, a scorch mark, a burning smell and a repeated trip are all technician work. Call the gas utility rather than a repairer for any smell of gas, and do it from outside the building.
Other faults covered for the YAES family
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