Brand new Oven doesn't heat - electrics?

[multiplexuk]

Hi,

Here's the story: My old oven caught fire a month ago as the element decided to burn out. Bought a replacement element and fitted it, tried to turn on the oven and the digital clock started blinking, the ventilator fan started running...but the oven fan didn't start and the new element didn't heat.

I figured the oven was dead and since it was old and dirty was persuaded to get a new one.

Brand new oven arrived today, same model but slightly updated (Neff 1421, single 60cm built in). Installed it and flicked the switch...the digital clock started blinking, the ventilator fan started running...but the oven fan wasn't moving and the element wasn't heating up!!

I can only imagine this is something to do with the electrics? How come the digital clock is blinking but the oven isn't even trying to get hot or start up?

The oven is connected by a short wire with a plug and 13amp fuse. The fuses can't have gone and the wires are the same as when it was working before?

Any ideas?

Simon.

 

[breezer]

try reading the instructions. it probably wont work becuse you haven't set the clock

 

[multiplexuk]

Oh that's great. Now it works.

So you mean I chucked my old oven because I didn't set the ^%#ing clock?

Simon.

 

[Rainstone]

Looks that way!

I replaced a three-year old Creda oven with a Neff oven and boy does it cook well. And is very quiet in operation.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

In IT parlance - RTFM.

 

[breezer]

its amazing how many people never read instructions.

multiplexuk perhaps next time you will read the instructions for every thing

 

[masona]

Just got a new video,gave my son's the instruction book to set it up and he said "don't need it"

What is the instruction for,eh?

 

[DavidH]

its amazing how many people never read instructions.

I've been told its a man thing.

 

[breezer]

Just got a new video,gave my son's the instruction book to set it up and he said "don't need it"

What is the instruction for,eh?

funny you should say that, on boxing day i was at my mum's, brother and his kids there too, got new "game thinginyconsulewhatsitsnamebox" (give me "space invaders" any day)

and we had to read the instuctions to get it to work 'cos the kids played with one before but had no idea how to set it up.

Funny thing was they had more fun with the cardboard box the new tv came in than they did with the game