Cooker switching off.

[daxi]

Our cooker an old Tenolec Pro60estf has just developed a problem. Everything switches off, light, fan, oven, grill, nothing works at all on the selector switch when the oven gets hot.
If I leave it to cool, it all works again, until hot.
I am sure it must be the thermostat, but I can't work out why everything stops, even the oven light.
Any one got any ideas??

 

[jj4091]

Sounds like you may possibly be losing your supply due to a bad connection at the isolator or cable connections at the back of the cooker. Check for burnt wires or connectors.

 

[daxi]

Thanks, I have checked everything through today & it all looks OK, no loose or damaged wires, that I can see. I did a check this afternoon & the oven gets excessively hot & everything then goes off at about 20 to 25 minutes. I then heard the oven click, thermostat??? And everything worked again.
As the thermostat is needed for the grill as well I checked that as well & all looked fine until I put some food under it & then it burnt it in minutes despite being only set to cool & the food being half way down the oven.
The more I check, the more it looks like the thermostat, but I just do not understand why the oven light goes off if it's the thermostat.

 

[captaincaveman1]

The overheat cut out stat is operating . is the cooling fan working ?

 

[daxi]

Yes the fan is working. Everything appears to be working normally until, everything switches off.
Having done the tests this afternoon, I now think grill & oven appear to be over heating, or at least running much hotter than they were & it's when things get too hot, that it all switches off.

 

[daxi]

Well it looks to have been fixed. I replaced the thermostat this morning & gave it a good test & it all seems to be working as it should. Thanks for the suggestions & help. It all helped me to get it worked out in my mind.