Something Wrong with your Cooker?
Before contacting your nearest Service Centre/Installer, check the problem guide below; there may be nothing wrong with your cooker.
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Slight odour or small amount of | This is normal and should cease after a short period. | |||
smoke when grill / oven used for |
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first time |
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Nothing works |
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| If you find that the timer display is blank, then it is likely that there is no | |
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| electricity supply to your oven. Check: | |
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| (i) That the main cooker wall is switched on | |
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| (ii) Other appliances, to see if you have had a power cut | |
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| (iii) The main circuit breaker for the property | |
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Grill / Top Oven do not work - | Operating the cooker under the following conditions may cause a safety | |||
Main oven works |
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| (a) Grilling with the door closed - Always grill with the door fully open | |
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| (b) Grilling for an excessively long period at maximum setting - see | |
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| Grilling guide. | |
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| Switch off appliance and allow to cool for approx 30 mins. Switch the | |
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| cooker back on and check that the Grill / Top oven (as applicable) is | |
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| now operating. | |
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Oven temperatures too high or | Check temperature and shelf positions are as recommended in the | |||
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| It may be necessary to increase or decrease the recommended | |
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| temperature slightly to suit your taste. | |
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Oven lamp does not work | The oven lamp is not covered by the guarantee. The part is easily | |||
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| changed (see the section on oven lamp replacement). A new lamp may | |
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| be obtained from our Parts department, see Key Contacts, back page. | |
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Grill does not work |
| Ensure that the top oven control is turned fully off. | ||
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Grill keeps turning on and off | When the Grill control is operating at less than its maximum setting, | |||
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| the Grill will cycle on and off, this is normal and not a fault. |
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Timer is showing ‘ | 0.00 | ’ | The power supply to your oven has possibly been interrupted, but has | |
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| now come back on again. Reset the timer to the correct time of day | |
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| using the instructions given in the timer section of the book. | |
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Timer bleeper operates | To cancel the bleeper sound: press the ‘+’ button once. | |||
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Draught from beneath |
| A gentle flow of air will be blown from beneath the control panel when | ||
control panel |
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| the appliance is used. If the appliance is still warm, this cooling fan may | |
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| run on, or restart itself when all controls have been turned off. | |
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| The fan will stop once the appliance has been cooled. This is normal and | |
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| not a fault. | |
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Condensation on the wall at the | Steam and / or condensation may appear from the vent at the rear of | |||
rear of the cooker |
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| the appliance when using an oven particularly for foods with a high | |
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| water content e.g. frozen chips, roast chicken etc. This is normal, and any | |
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| excess should be wiped off. | |
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Steam / Condensation in the | Steam is a by - product of cooking any food with a high water contact. | |||
oven after use |
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| a) Try to avoid leaving food in the oven to cool after being cooked. | |
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| b) Use a covered container, wherever possible. | |
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