help please - electrical fault problem??

[paul1982doncaster]

Hi, my cooker has just stopped working - I turned it on light came on then went off along with all the power in the house.

The cooker is directly connected to the mains using a cheap plastic white version of this but looks exactly the same.

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the main fuse box is a memera 2000ad and the cooker / flat is 4 years old so wiring should be up to date


I know nothing about electrics, however I did shut down all the power at the mains and check behind the "cooker control unit" to see if this had a fuse I could pop into maplins and replace.

Any ideas would be a great help as my landlord is a real . . . . so contacting him is a last resort.

Thanks for your help people and thanks for having a great forum.
p.s if a mod could remove my other post in applainces as I believe this forum to be more relevant - sorry and thanks
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[paul1982doncaster]

Anyone any ideas? Is this posted in the right part of the forum>?

 

[JohnD]

From what you say, I assume you have now got power on all other circuits? But the cooker is not working?

you need to discover if power is being delivered to the cooker outlet.

If you plug something into the socket on the cooker control unit, does it work?

If you switch on the big switch on the cooker control unit, does the neon light come on?

 

[TicklyT]

It is not unknown for an oven to refuse to work unless the timer clock has been reset, even if you don't want to use the clock. Probably intended as a safety feature to stop the oven turning itself on unexpectedly after a power cut.

 

[paul1982doncaster]

TicklyT thanks for the tip / advice- if only it was that simple! although my oven isnt that posh haha.

I will go home and check later on by plugging another plug into the "cooker control point" If it doesnt work what are the consequences? If it does work Im assuming it must be the cooker ( although it is fairly new) as the fuse cant be blown on the main fuse board.

If it doesnt work I must have blown a fuse at the main fuse board but how easy are these to replace.

cheers people and thanks for your help!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[JohnD]

you say you have a Memera 2000AD so it is very unlikely that it is has fuses. Much more likely it has miniature circuit breakers that can be flicked from "off" to "on" like a switch. In overload or short cicuit cobditions they flick themselves to "off"

It is also possible that it has an RCD fitted, but if everything else in the house is working that is unlikely to be the prpblem. It is going to be either a fault in the cooker crcuit, or in the cooker, or in the cable between the wall and the cooker. the fault may well be a simple bad connection.

 

[paul1982doncaster]

Hi John,
Thanks for the reply - when I plug a plug into the "cooker control unit" it does indeed work. does this mean it must be a fault with either the cooker or electrics to the cooker? Im surprised that the "cooker control unit" doesnt have or seem to have a seperate fuse - what does a rcd do or where would this be.

Reckon might have to call the landlord on this one, either that or eat cold food
cheers for your help though.

 

[JohnD]

if the plugsocket works in the CCU then the circuit is OK up to that point (it does not need a separate fuse for the socket because in the UK we use Fused plugs)

So it might be the switch, or the cable from the switch to the wall outlet; or the connections in the wall outlet; or the cable damaged between wall and cooker; or the cooker connection block; or the cooker.

If you have a multimeter (or buy one for £10 or so) and are competent and confident to test live, you could see how far the voltage gets along that route.

Does the CCU have a neon for "cooker switch on?"

Have you recently moved the cooker, or drilled any holes in the walls or floor?

 

[Steve]

Any chance a MOD can change the address in this blokes OP so its shorter?

Paul, what part of Doncaster you in mate?

 

[paul1982doncaster]

Steve - Balby mate.
might be worth a trip to maplins to see where the circuit goes. No drilling or moving of the cooker because its built in - reckon it must be a loose connection somewhere though.