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| Thread ID: 98167 | 2009-03-14 05:59:00 | Shacklock Chef Oven | Lizard (2409) | PC World Chat |
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| 756228 | 2009-03-14 05:59:00 | Does anyone know... 1. Who makes Shacklock ovens? 2. If they have a website? or 3. How to make the damn thing work properly? I've just moved into a new place (renting), and the oven is a reasonably new Shacklock Chef Oven. The controls are reasonably straightforward (allegedly), but it doesn't seem to be heating properly. I want to make sure that it's not operator error before I contact the landlord and require an electrician to show me the bleeding obvious. Here's what's happening: I switch the mode dial to "Bake". The only other choice is "Grill" I turn the temperature setting to 200. The dial ranges from "LO" through the temperature numbers to about 250 and finishing on "HI". Normally, in my experience, the light showing whether the oven has reached the desired temperature comes on as soon as you move the temperature dial; it then goes out when that temperature is reached, and goes on or off as the thermostat measures the variance in temperature. On this oven, the light wont come on until I turn the dial to about 200. I leave the oven for about 15 minutes, and the top element (the Grill) gets warm, but the bottom element (Bake) doesn't. HOWEVER - if I switch the temperature dial to "HI", then the bottom element glows brightly, and all is good. Except I have no way of knowing what temperature that is. If I then turn the dial back down to 200, then the bottom element appears to switch off. Am I doing anything wrong? Or is this a problem for a sparky? If I am doing something wrong, what should I be doing? I've looked on Google but I can't find a website for Shacklock ovens, or an instruction manual. Any thoughts? |
Lizard (2409) | ||
| 756229 | 2009-03-14 06:04:00 | HE Shacklock (Originally Dunedin) used to be a company in it's own right but now owned by Fisher and Paykel en.wikipedia.org www.companies.govt.nz Search HE Shacklock They had a factory making ovens in Christchurch which was a real dump about 20 years ago when i used to deliver packaging there. |
Bantu (52) | ||
| 756230 | 2009-03-14 09:25:00 | If you want, I can probably send you a $2 thermometer which is designed for inside the ovens. It's basically a moving dial that shows the temp. My local knick knack shop should still have some left. |
bob_doe_nz (92) | ||
| 756231 | 2009-03-14 11:41:00 | When selected for bake and the thermostat is closed (turned up) then the bake element and grill element should come on together. You can use your hand to check this when you first turn it on before it gets too hot. The grill element is at a reduced wattage and should only be a black heat i.e. it should not glow unless grill is selected. The thermostat should click (closed) and the light come on before you have got to the 100 deg mark. Use a thermometer in the oven to test the accuracy of your thermostat. The thermostats apart from the last models are adjustable by a tiny screw inside the thermostat shaft. Remove the thermostat knob and you will see it. The older models had a habit of the connection(s) to the bake element (behind rear panel) becoming loose and burning off, possibly causing the element to stop/start untill the connection finally parted company with the element. |
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