IT DOES SOUND LIKE THE ELEMENT TRY THIS
Elements for Proline PDW080 can be found at http://www.mselectrical.co.uk/index.php?item=778&ret=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mselectrical.co.uk%2Findex.php%3Fpage%3D1%26category%3D103
BaileysCream
May 2007
It could be the element - I had a man out to look at mine the other day and thats what he thinks it is... they are really hard to buy thou!
Steven Hayes
April 2006
You probably have a dead short somewhere to knock out the power. They are potentailly dangerous. You could ask an electrician to check that the mains cable and plug and socket are OK. Why not call Comet (Proline is one of theirs I think.) and see what they say.