# My APO died after only 3 years - your thoughts **URL:** \ **Category:** Anova Precision® Oven\ **Created:** [August 16, 2024, 8:23am UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/my-apo-died-after-only-3-years-your-thoughts/33287 "2024-08-16T08:23:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![dwpatter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4bbf92/32.png) [@dwpatter](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/dwpatter)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2025, 11:59pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/my-apo-died-after-only-3-years-your-thoughts/33287/21 "2025-03-01T23:59:56Z")
There is a thread about oven not heating, where the fix was replacing the relay on the board. > [@No heat from my APO](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/no-heat-from-my-apo/34412): > > I can program my APO and the fan works. However, none of the elements heat up. I’ve tried grill only, top and bottom, bottom only and back but it stays stone cold. Given none of the heating elements work I am hoping it is just an internal fuse. Can anyone advise me whether this could be the case and where I might find the fuse. Thanks Paul ---
**Author:** ![LLAPO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@LLAPO](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/LLAPO)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2025, 4:56am UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/my-apo-died-after-only-3-years-your-thoughts/33287/22 "2025-03-02T04:56:52Z")
Yes. There is a fuse on the board. To get to the board, start removing screws, remove the back cover of the oven, then remove the steel shroud that wraps over the top and the two sides, then you can see the black plastic cover of the board. ![The fuse.jpeg](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/anova/original/2X/f/f80a04fc1c841709d58e85970951657d67a134f9.jpeg) With the oven unplugged. Use an ohmmeter to measure the resistance of the fuse across the two ends(arrows) and the reading should be 0 ohm or very low but not infinity(open/fuse is burned). If the fuse is good, then turn to what another member has discovered and he contributed his fix just a few days ago on this forum. Mine has similar symptoms as his with none of the heating elements can be turned on. On mine the convection fan for the back heating coil will not run and the oven light will not lit. I cannot recall but assume it is the same for him. You mentioned that you can make the fan turn on. I think what you heard running was not the convection fan(ac current) but the cooling fan(dc current) for the board. Anyway, as dwpatter mentioned below, that buyer has identified a faulty AC relay and fixed his oven by replacing it with a generic one. That is the white relay marked by the red circle in the photo below. In his message, he has a link for the supplier. I use the numbers on the original relay and identified one on Amazon but it has not arrived yet. ph, make sure you choose one for 16A and with 8 prongs, ![AC Relay.jpeg](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/anova/original/2X/7/7c37e5cae94bf756056bfdc119e7d4478f6ca21d.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Kenm1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kenm1](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/Kenm1)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2025, 2:36am UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/my-apo-died-after-only-3-years-your-thoughts/33287/23 "2025-06-26T02:36:32Z")
Thanks Iamveen. I had the same problem. Came across your solution. I ordered the relay from where your link said. I received it less than 2 weeks in fact they send me 2 relays (2pack). That was a plus as I do have 2 ovens. The other one is still working but if it stops I’ll have good idea how To fix it. Desoldering was a bit of a challenge but I did like you raised the old relay enough to snip the pins and removed them one by one. Put it all together and viola it worked. Thanks again!👍 ---
**Author:** ![Melon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce7236/32.png) [@Melon](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/Melon)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2025, 9:47pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/my-apo-died-after-only-3-years-your-thoughts/33287/24 "2025-07-26T21:47:49Z")
After some back and forth with Anova, they did not provide any help. I found this thread. Same issues I was having. The oven light wasn’t turning on, the heat elements were not working. The rear fan would turned on but stop after a minute or so. The touch screen worked, connected in the app but the oven was not working. I used this post as my guide. Use the link provided to Amazon, and I would say this was my first time tackling anything on a circuit board. It worked though. As a newbie, kind of nervous. However, the oven is up and running again. Thank you for the help. ---
**Author:** ![LLAPO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@LLAPO](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/LLAPO)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2025, 12:48pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/my-apo-died-after-only-3-years-your-thoughts/33287/25 "2025-07-28T12:48:01Z")
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