advice pleease

[vonnie]

new some advice about a problem with my cooker but cannot work out where I should post thread ??????

 

[Eckaslike]

Tell us what is the problem with the cooker so someone can avvise you

 

[vonnie]

new some advice about a problem with my cooker but cannot work out where I should post thread ??????

Well... I have a multi function cooker - gas hobs and electric oven/grill. I had my kitchen done up a couple of years ago and brought this cooker to be fitted at the same time. (I live in a housing assoc house so the refurb was done by housing team). On the wall at the side of the cooker space there is a large electrical socket with a red switch which says cooker only on it. The guys said it would be better if they put another electrical socket in situated behind the cooker - which they done. Over the last 6 months or so the electrics on my cooker have worked intermittingly but gave up working completely a couple of weeks ago. I thought before I call out an electrician I would check that it wasn't just the fuse in the plug that had gone. However, when I pulled out my cooker to access the plug I shockingly found that the whole plug and socket was melted and burnt really badly - half the plug has gone and things exposed. I don't know whether it was a fault of the housing team that put the socket in or whether it is totally unrelated and I need to fork out for an electrician. If it was the housing fault then they should come and repair it for free. I do not earn much so do not want to pay for something that they did wrong. Any suggestions? (have tried to upload pic of plug but not worked). Thanks.

 

[telectrix]

looks like the cooker should have been wired into the cooker switch and not on a plug. unless the cooker came with a plug top fitted. if so, it's their fault. also, if you are on the west/south west side of manchester, it's not too far for me to come and sort it for you.

 

[Eckaslike]

looks like the cooker should have been wired into the cooker switch and not on a plug. unless the cooker came with a plug top fitted. if so, it's their fault. also, if you are on the west/south west side of manchester, it's not too far for me to come and sort it for you.

The load of the cooker/grill should not have been more than 3KW, however, fancy fitting a 13A skt behind the oven so you had to pull out the oven to check,
I would have fitted a 13A sw/f/spur, being accessible without pulling out the oven, say to one side in a unit, left or right hand side.
I would call out the Kitchen fitters and make them responsible for the repair.

 

[vonnie]

thanks for responses - I think I will call them back out to get them to take responsibility and see what they say. I am amazed that it has not caused a fire! wish I could upload the pic for you to see.

 

[MarkieSparkie]

Hi, welcome to the forum.