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  • February 24, 2006 at 3:14 pm #15882
    incowele
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    Hi all,

    I’ve just moved in to a house. The prvious owners left the cooker, a diplomat select DL60, complete with the instruction book.. According the the manual, fan ovens dont take long at all to heat up 2-3 mins it says. set the temperature at 200 degrees and after 5 mins, chucked my dinner in. The required 45 mins passsed so removed the food. When I checked to see if it was hot in the middle, I found it was only luke warm. I moved the oven controll down the temp scale and the light went off at 160 (I initially thought the the red light was to indicate the oven was on. 😳 doh!). Anyway I whacked the temp up to the max and give it another 15 mins after which time the temp was reached and the food was cooked. Surely this isn’t right. …is it?

    Any suggestions before I get food poisoning welcomed.

    February 24, 2006 at 4:00 pm #166655
    Washman
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    Re: Diplomat fan oven slow to heat up

    Hi

    Always wait for light to go out first before putting food in, the time for oven to heat up depends on ambient temperature of room if its very cold it will take longer. And get an oven thermometer to check the temperature

    Mike

    February 25, 2006 at 9:12 am #166656
    incowele
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    Re: Diplomat fan oven slow to heat up

    Hi
    Tried again last night. Turned the oven on full with no food in. Took about 45 mins to heat up to even 160 degrees….

    February 25, 2006 at 9:47 am #166657
    Bryan
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    Re: Diplomat fan oven slow to heat up

    Full model number required , Diplomat normally use three letters followed by four numbers (eg ADP5406).
    If its not around the door you will need to remove fixing screws and slide oven out slightly to hopefully reveal a label plate on top of casing with model number.

    Power off :zap:

    Bryan

    February 26, 2006 at 9:04 am #166658
    Robelee
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    Re: Diplomat fan oven slow to heat up

    Is the fan in the main oven running? Often customers are not aware that the fan has ceased to function and relying on the element alone will cause the oven to heat very slowly.
    Robelee

    March 2, 2006 at 6:44 pm #166659
    incowele
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    Re: Diplomat fan oven slow to heat up

    Hi
    Sorry for the delayed reply. The model number is ADP5152. The fan runs ok when the oven is on.
    Thanks in advance

    March 2, 2006 at 11:48 pm #166660
    eastlmark
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    Re: Diplomat fan oven slow to heat up

    can you see the fan running at the back of the inside of the oven? This model has a noisy cooling fan also which you may hear running.

    March 3, 2006 at 10:31 am #166661
    incowele
    Participant

    Re: Diplomat fan oven slow to heat up

    there is a fan at the back of the oven behind a cover. It does look to spin very fast as soon as the oven is turned on and stop as soon as the oven is turned off…

    March 3, 2006 at 10:48 am #166662
    Robelee
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    Re: Diplomat fan oven slow to heat up

    Most fans spin very rapidly – suggest removing back panel to get a better look. Slow spinning fan will result in poor performance. At same time you can inspect element for signs of deteriation.

    August 23, 2006 at 12:21 pm #166663
    incowele
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    Re: Diplomat fan oven slow to heat up

    Sorry to resurect this post but it’s now bugging me..
    I’ve taken the back panel off and turned the cooker on. It gets to 200 degrees in about 10 mins. Put the cover back on and it goes back to taking an age to heat up.. With the cover off, you can see the fan spinning and it seems to be OK although I’ve nothing to compare it against.

    Don’t know if this is a red hearing just to cloud the issue, nut the grill seems to only want to cook things when it’s on full power also…

    any ideas
    Cheers.

    August 23, 2006 at 1:30 pm #166664
    Dave_Conway
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    Re: Diplomat fan oven slow to heat up

    I would call an engineer to be honest, it may be that there is a voltage drop to your cooker which would effect both elements. Quite unusual but not unheard of 😉

    Check the repairs@ link below 🙂

    Dave.

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