Replace old electric cooker ring control

coopern · Oct 10, 2016

My old electric cooker (1985) has 4 rings, 2 of them are always warm when the rotary control is OFF, otherwise the cooker works fine. I expect the ring controls need to be replaced. Do I need a regulator or a simmerstat, or are they the same thing? The rings are each 2KW. Thanks

telectrix · Oct 10, 2016

I thought you still cooked on coal fires in Birmingham.

Rpa07 · Oct 10, 2016

Play nice Tel or he'll burn your chips on his warm ring!
Coopern, have you found a manufacturers instruction on it even though quite old? You could ring around some repair shops - plenty of knowledge there and spares probably. All the best

telectrix · Oct 10, 2016

i,d think that the control switches need replacing. each one will be thermostatically controlled. all in one control. if you have a multimeter, you could check to see if the things actually switch on and off as the elements warm up.you need to be careful, though, as the terminals are @ 240V.

hightower · Oct 10, 2016

I'm not being funny but a cooker that is over 30 years old, I think you've had your monies worth mate! :gru2:

telectrix · Oct 10, 2016

hightower said:
I'm not being funny but a cooker that is over 30 years old, I think you've had your monies worth mate! :gru2:

gertcha, HT, old is better. things were not so much in the throw away society then. look at me!. on 2nd thoughts....... maybe with that comparison, it's time for a new one.

hightower · Oct 10, 2016

telectrix said:
gertcha, HT, old is better. things were not so much in the throw away society then. look at me!. on 2nd thoughts....... maybe with that comparison, it's time for a new one.

My oven is 3 years old, was professionally cleaned in January, and it's still a state. Can't imagine the state something could potentially be after 30 years. No ta.