OK, new house came with a Belling Country Chef 924 range cooker which has a fan and convection oven.
Neither worked well until I discovered both door seals were gone, replaced those (£70 ouch) and the convection oven is now fine, however:
The fan oven doesn't turn off when it reaches temperature, no matter what you set it on the heating light stays on and only goes out when you turn it right down, I'm guessing this is the thermostat but have no clue as to where it is or how to change it.
Any ideas or point me to a forum that might know?
Hi Ray,
No that's not my model, it is the 924 (over 5 years old) the 100G is more up to date version though.
Probably not explained this right but it's not the fan that I'm concerened with, I know they stay on throughout the tme the oven is on, the problem I have is that the oven does not stop heating up no matter what you set the temp to, the temp light stays on whereas it should go out when temp is reached and only come back on when oven is heating up to maintain temp.
It seems the thermostat is not working but I don't know where it is to change it.
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Good link that, at least I now know where the thermostat is although it sounds like it could be something else as well.
Belling have told me I can take out an on site contract with them for £13.99 a month for a minimum of 12 months which works out to £167.88 for unlimited call outs for 12 months and they will fix this fault inclusive for that fee.
A single visit call out with a fix is priced at £139 so not a bad offer for 12 months maintenance.
Not sure how much a thermostat will be as I can't actually find one for my model, they seem to range from £10 to £40 though.
Include that cost and the possibility of much swearing, sweating and blood loss and the 12 months warranty isn't a bad option.
I had 'stat probs on my Smeg oven. About £28 IIRC (not genuine smeg). Kept going so I bought a new oven. :lol
I would try fix it myself, I've replaced the element in mine 3 times in 12 years, cost is about £18 if I get it from my local electrical shop they have it in stock, or less than half that including postage from ebay but it takes a few days.
Sometimes it starts tripping the breaker out but still works for a while, others it just stops heating.
I thought about taking insurance on it but if you can service a bike you can fix an oven, but remember do it right or it could kill you.
