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| message from Gummo on 11 May 2004 |
One of my rings refuses to heat - is this DIYable? If so can you give me
any tips or links?
Gummo
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| Lee replied to Gummo on 11 May 2004 |
Most of them are no more difficult to service than a "normal" electric
hob, just that parts are a lot more expensive :(
You may want to check if it has a thermal cutout that has "tripped"...
Our halogen hob has a "sticky" thermal cutout on one of the rings which
sometimes fails to reset itself - but it usually only happens if the
ring has been left on for an extended period with nothing actually on
the ring.
Lee
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| Lee replied to Lee on 11 May 2004 |
You wouldn't... they are either self-resetting or broken ;)
Ours just happens to have an unusual variant which has a capilliary bulb
which pushes a white ceramic piece against a two postion switch, the
first position turns on the "hot" indicator and the second position cuts
off the power to the ring. On ours this white ceramic piece has "stuck"
on occasion and needed to be cleaned and pushed back.
This is in addition to the "simmerstat" temperature control ours has
fitted to all four rings.
Lee
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| Gummo replied to Lee on 12 May 2004 |
Thanks Lee.
Do you have any links advising how to replace an element?
Gummo
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| BigWallop replied to Gummo on 12 May 2004 |
Is the element built in to the hob surface, normally called a Hespia Flat Element, or
does it look like a coil of wire stuck underneath the hob heating zones ?
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| Gummo replied to BigWallop on 12 May 2004 |
It looks like the latter - a big, red doughnut, dark-holed under thick ice.
Forgive the description.
Gummo
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| BigWallop replied to Gummo on 12 May 2004 |
Then it is easy, or should be, to replace this with a new one from the hob makers
themselves. You should find their details on a plate riveted to the hob somewhere on
the bottom or side, usually near where the cable enters the hob unit itself.
If it were the built in Hespia type hob, then you'd have had to contact the makers to
take the unit away and repair it for you.
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| Gummo replied to BigWallop on 13 May 2004 |
I'm sorry - I may have misled you; the hob is attached to my stand-alone
Zanussi ZCE7700X cooker. I'm wondering what the first steps are to gain
access to the element.
Gummo
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| BigWallop replied to Gummo on 12 May 2004 |
The hob unit should swivel up from the front, maybe with a screw or bolt holding it in
place from the under side, and the hob ring should just be bolted to under side of a
metal framework. You might have to look for screw covers that are hiding the heads of
the screws and make them look the same colour as the body of the stove.
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| Gummo replied to BigWallop on 13 May 2004 |
Thanks very much, Big - I'll try that.
Gummo
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