Weird!!

[Sureitsoff?]

Never seen anything like this before

for sale on my local FB page if you want it!

hot plates set into the worktop individually

would love to see the wiring underneath

 

[ericmark]

I paid about £30 for a stand alone induction hob from Lidi single heat area, why would anyone fit resistive hobs today? Double induction hob B&Q £52 hope it was no free cycle?

 

[SUNRAY]

Never seen anything like this before

for sale on my local FB page if you want it!

hot plates set into the worktop individually

would love to see the wiring underneath

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Oh dear that ages me.

In 1980's I did some casual work for a fitted wardrobe manufacturer/installer who specialised in housing developements and of course all of the SE fitters did kitchens too so there was regular multi room cooperation (as in: wire this for me while I fit and align some of your doors).

I have fitted several sets of these, correction fitted one set and wired a dozen or so, the hotplates were supplied with a terminated heat resistant flex and a couple of (very specific) cable clips, the controls were 2 different makes or styles:
One style had a matching plate requiring a big cutout, containing the control knobs and a set of terminals for each cable (hot plates, supply and possibly cooker hood and oven) ,
The other had individual control units which could be mounted anywhere, these were commonly mounted to a plate under the worktop (which I imagine it the case with this one) so just the knobs shew but the option was to dot them around nearer each hotplate.

Generally the hotplates were set in a straight line nearer the back of the worktop which I always thought was wrong as the housewife would be constantly leaning forwards (before any sexist comments I only mentioned housewife as they tend to be shorter and therfore a more acute leaning over angle)but it did retain almost half of the worktop for other use.

There was/is a neon on each hotplate which could be wired to show it was either: Switched on, heating, not heating.

Oh dear far too much nostalgia

 

[EFLImpudence]

(before any sexist comments I only mentioned housewife as they tend to be shorter and therfore a more acute leaning over angle)

Don't encourage the idiots by making unnecessary excuses.

 

[ericmark]

as they tend to be shorter

The problem I had was disabled in a wheel chair, never even thought about it until pointed out, but many of the modern touch controls can't be seen when sitting in a wheel chair.

But the main problem was pans tipping, or spilling, the idea is the hob is slightly lower than work top, not slightly higher, so any spills are retained within the hob and don't run onto the work top, the ones shown do have a catchment area, so are good, but the machine to allow the hob to be let into the work top are darn expensive, so to use what you show either whole work top fitted, or it will simply cost too much to get second hand stuff installed, so can't see anyone would want it.

I put our old oven and hob on free cycle, and no takers, so scrapped.

 

[Sureitsoff?]

Oh dear that ages me.

In 1980's I did some casual work for a fitted wardrobe manufacturer/installer who specialised in housing developements and of course all of the SE fitters did kitchens too so there was regular multi room cooperation (as in: wire this for me while I fit and align some of your doors).

I have fitted several sets of these, correction fitted one set and wired a dozen or so, the hotplates were supplied with a terminated heat resistant flex and a couple of (very specific) cable clips, the controls were 2 different makes or styles:
One style had a matching plate requiring a big cutout, containing the control knobs and a set of terminals for each cable (hot plates, supply and possibly cooker hood and oven) ,
The other had individual control units which could be mounted anywhere, these were commonly mounted to a plate under the worktop (which I imagine it the case with this one) so just the knobs shew but the option was to dot them around nearer each hotplate.

Generally the hotplates were set in a straight line nearer the back of the worktop which I always thought was wrong as the housewife would be constantly leaning forwards (before any sexist comments I only mentioned housewife as they tend to be shorter and therfore a more acute leaning over angle)but it did retain almost half of the worktop for other use.

There was/is a neon on each hotplate which could be wired to show it was either: Switched on, heating, not heating.

Oh dear far too much nostalgia

I can send you the link if you want to be reminded more............

 

[SUNRAY]

I can send you the link if you want to be reminded more............

NO fanks mait

The problem I had was disabled in a wheel chair, never even thought about it until pointed out, but many of the modern touch controls can't be seen when sitting in a wheel chair.

Yes I have become very aware of this one, initially for a man 93cm tall

but the machine to allow the hob to be let into the work top are darn expensive

I did it with a router, I've know others do the same and some used a jigsaw

I put our old oven and hob on free cycle, and no takers, so scrapped.

They are so cheap these days it's really not worth going for second hand.

I was cutting the grass at one of our rental properties a year back and the tenant said the oven 'wasn't coming on'. (he literally had a pot ready to go in to cook) within ½hour I'd tested faulty element, purchased new oven from Currys and fitted it for something like £100 to £150 (old and new on moulded 13A plug and I haven't looked at prices since), t'was a dam sight quicker than a repair, no sharp edges to hurt me, no cleaning years of s**t, no waiting for element to arrive, no additional 30 mile round trip.

Would be different at home in our cooker!

 

[JohnW2]

Never seen anything like this before ... for sale on my local FB page if you want it! .... hot plates set into the worktop individually

Back in the mid-70s, we had hotplates like those in our kitchen.

 

[EFLImpudence]

You were lucky; all we had was the hole with a candle underneath.

 

[blup]

Don't encourage the idiots by making unnecessary excuses.

Yes, women get shorter when they marry

 

[JohnW2]

You were lucky; all we had was the hole with a candle underneath.

I may be totally wrong, but I have a vague recollection that Creda sold those individual 'recessed'hotplates back then

 

[ebee]

One thing I miss about the traditional cooker now we have sleek built in modern stuff is the eye level grill with a place to put plates next to to warm up.
Especially one you get older/slightly infirm and bending is not as easy as it once was. I could watch anything on the grill cook to perfection and my plates would warm up either from the grill or any hobs below.
Sometimes improvements can be a bit of a trade off in home living, in motor cars and other things too.
Every time I buy a new (to me) car I enjoy some improvements on this model compared to the make or model of the last one but after a few weeks we begin the realise that some of the other things we had were, in some ways, better than what we used to have and that can build up to a irritation. inevitable I suppose.
Does anyone miss the old mangle for washing? I guess not. LOL.

 

[SUNRAY]

One thing I miss about the traditional cooker now we have sleek built in modern stuff is the eye level grill with a place to put plates next to to warm up.
Especially one you get older/slightly infirm and bending is not as easy as it once was. I could watch anything on the grill cook to perfection and my plates would warm up either from the grill or any hobs below.

I'm with you all the way, perfect toast everytime while scrambling the eggs or cooking baked beans.

Sometimes improvements can be a bit of a trade off in home living, in motor cars and other things too.
Every time I buy a new (to me) car I enjoy some improvements on this model compared to the make or model of the last one but after a few weeks we begin the realise that some of the other things we had were, in some ways, better than what we used to have and that can build up to a irritation. inevitable I suppose.

I've owned 3 different versions of Berlingo/partner and I still hanker after the useful storage places in the first. Theoretically I have more places in the current (2015) version but all of them are silly shapes that nothing fits in nicely

Does anyone miss the old mangle for washing? I guess not. LOL.

When I were a kid the mangle was clamped onto the deep white sink and rolled directly out of the water onto the draining board, then we got a washing machine... dah dah dah a ... twin tub.

The mangle had always been stored outside and suddenly it became a toy f' sister 'n me, everything imaginable got rolled through it, bits of wood, rusty angle iron fence posts, dolls, pliers, cable - even with plugs on. Mum was livid when she discovered we had ripped one of the rubber rollers.