Whirlpool AKG 342/WP Fan Oven – No power

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  • May 24, 2006 at 9:10 am #18033
    JayCee
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    Used the oven on Tuesday – no problems. Went to switch it on last night – nothing happened. Hubby has checked the plug and fuse – both are fine. The oven is about 10 years old – does it sound repairable or do we just buy a new one? 😕

    Thanks

    Jackie

    May 24, 2006 at 9:31 am #177466
    gegsy
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    Re: Whirlpool AKG 342/WP Fan Oven – No power

    Hi
    I can’t find that model number, are you in the UK??

    Greg

    May 24, 2006 at 9:45 am #177467
    Dave_Conway
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    Re: Whirlpool AKG 342/WP Fan Oven – No power

    The safety thermal fuse has failed I expect.

    Is the timer/clock still running ?

    Dave.

    May 24, 2006 at 9:46 am #177468
    JayCee
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    Re: Whirlpool AKG 342/WP Fan Oven – No power

    I am in Scotland. I read AKG342 from the inside label on the oven this morning. The code shows up in Google searches for spare parts but it’s probably an obsolete oven by now!

    Jackie

    May 24, 2006 at 9:54 am #177469
    JayCee
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    Re: Whirlpool AKG 342/WP Fan Oven – No power

    The timer/clock stopped working about a year ago. We didn’t bother getting that fixed as we didn’t really use the timer.

    Is the safety thermal fuse a DIY type repair? If so, can you give me more details so my husband can try it out.

    Thanks for replying.

    Jackie

    May 24, 2006 at 9:57 am #177470
    gegsy
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    Re: Whirlpool AKG 342/WP Fan Oven – No power

    Its quite possible judging by what you have said now said, that clock is at fault.
    The neutral feed from clock to main oven has probably gone?

    Greg

    May 24, 2006 at 10:04 am #177471
    JayCee
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    Re: Whirlpool AKG 342/WP Fan Oven – No power

    Thanks for your reply, Greg. How would we check/fix the neutral feed to see if this is the problem?

    Jackie

    May 24, 2006 at 10:50 am #177472
    Dave_Conway
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    Re: Whirlpool AKG 342/WP Fan Oven – No power

    With a test meter (with the power off please :zap:)

    If you’re unsure, please check the repairs@ link below for an engineer 🙂

    Parts are still available for this model also.

    Dave.

    May 24, 2006 at 11:37 am #177473
    JayCee
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    Re: Whirlpool AKG 342/WP Fan Oven – No power

    Thanks for your reply – I’ll ask hubby to check the neutral feed WITH THE POWER OFF!!!! I’ll post again once he has done this.

    How cost effective would it be to repair if this is the problem?

    J

    May 24, 2006 at 12:08 pm #177474
    Dave_Conway
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    Re: Whirlpool AKG 342/WP Fan Oven – No power

    If it were the timer then probably not to be honest, it’s over £100 but if the thermal fuse has failed then that would be about a quarter of the price 🙂

    Dave.

    May 24, 2006 at 5:47 pm #177475
    Penguin45
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    Re: Whirlpool AKG 342/WP Fan Oven – No power

    Even if the timer is not working, it still has to be set to manual (the hand symbol).

    Penguin45.

    May 25, 2006 at 7:40 am #177476
    JayCee
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    Re: Whirlpool AKG 342/WP Fan Oven – No power

    Penguin45 – you have saved us a fortune and stopped us looking like totally numpties (well apart from on this forum 😳 ) Just checked the oven, turned the timer to the hand symbol and the oven works!

    Thanks everyone for your help!!

    I’ll go and slink into a corner now! 😆

    Jackie

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