On Wed, Jan 1, 2025 at 08:09 PM, John Hinman wrote:
I did not know that a metal object would trigger the controls until your post prompted me to try it.
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What brand of cooktop do you have? My GE is available without the metal bezel, which I agree is totally a nuisance. The controls are clustered near the front, so spills and an errant pot are not much of an issue.
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Take care with the controls, ours are clustered at the front too but it hasn't stopped the odd surprise when something that was just resting gets heated-up unintentionally.
FYI it's a Richmond 1100Ei "hot jalapeno" range cooker, which I've fitted into the old kitchen fireplace. Aside from my earlier comments, it's been great, but there's a slightly entertaining story about how we got it.
The house was built in the 1930s in a late arts and crafts style. It's quite large and everything is very solid - no studwork. I had the entire heating and plumbing system replaced shortly after we moved here and this involved one of the guys running some pipes through a wall from what was shown as "the butler's pantry" into the kitchen. I heard him SDS-drilling for a long time, and then come back for battery packs and a drill extension (it was already 12+ inches) so I told him to give up and try another route. A week or so later the cooker circuit started to trip when one of the ovens was being used. To cut a long story short, I eventually found that where he'd been drilling had come out in the kitchen, but several feet from where he'd thought it would be because of the unusual house design - he had drilled through a wall, through the back of the cooker, through some internal skins and into one of the oven cavities. Moisture was escaping the oven cavity when it was used and causing the RCD to trip. Eventually his insurance paid for the full cost of a new cooker so, as the old one was ancient and due for replacement, it was not a bad result.
Apologies for the rambling tale. Now back to discussing the organised damaging of pieces of wood ;-)
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Dave (in the UK)
Incidentally, all our white goods are Bosch and have been excellent.
