Zanussi Cooker

[jennyjoan]

I have above nearly 3 years now and from (talked about this before) the beginning all the rings go to high and the fan cuts it down to a lower temperature resulting in quite slow to start boiling. It tells you this in the manual.

Is there anyway I could get a professional to rip the fan out.

[ummmm]

Why didn't you deal with it when you first got it?

[Zacs-Master]

Jj are they halogen (glowing red) rings? And by cooling, do you mean they go off and then come back on?

[EcclesCake]

It sounds sounds like a thermostatic cut off to me.

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[jennyjoan]

Yes Zacs - glowing red and underneath glass you can see like 4 rings light up then after maybe 30-40 seconds down to 2 rings and so it goes on throughout the cooking.

[jennyjoan]

Eccles if it is a cut-off - is that right or wrong then.

[Zacs-Master]

They're meant to do that, it's how they maintain their temperature for controlled cooking. On our Neff hob we have two rings which heat up v quick and two which only heat up slowly.

[jennyjoan]

Well Zacs - at least you have quick and slow. Mine are up and down which is a pain.

[Mamyalynne]

Mine also do this to a point,they glow fully red at the start and then as temp is reached the lights dim - if you are constantly picking up pan and looking underneath then replacing it you will get variations.

If you have a pot of soup for example simmering,does it keep going off the simmer?

If so then there may be a problem.

[jennyjoan]

Mamy what you describe is correct for my cooker. Lights up then dimmer - no - doesn't cut out after simmer. That rhymes LOL

I have cooked okay for the 3 last years but definitely would have liked more control of temperature.