- This topic has 5 replies, 4 voices, and was last updated 18 years, 5 months ago by
.
-
Posts
-
We are trying to save as much electric as possible, our bill was sky high, I’m now 100{e5d1b7155a01ef1f3b9c9968eaba33524ee81600d00d4be2b4d93ac2e58cec2d} disabled so cannot work, better half still no work… etc.. you know the story…
Anyway.. our fan oven has a cooling process where it uses the fan to cool down the oven after it has been used (I regularly use it at 230degC).
Thing is, it takes absolutely FOREVER to cool down (I’m not surprised that’s a hot temp)….
Recently I’ve given up and switched it off at the mains (which obviously stops the fan from cooling down the oven)… but will I be doing damage to the oven making it cool down naturally and much slower than the oven’s own cooling process?
I would like to know as I would like to try and save electric, and if it’s ok to switch it off (after all, not all ovens have a cool down fan process do they?) then I will continue to do so.
Answers would be very gratefully received 🙂
Thanks
Carol
Re: Fan Oven and cooling process
Hi Carol,
Yes it can cause damage I’m afraid and I’d strongly advise against doing that. There’s possible damage to wiring, switches and thermostats as well as the possibility that the door could shatter if the cool down phase isn’t correctly done.
Better idea…
Most installers don’t bother to sort the airflow to the oven and box the thing in which limits it’s supply of cool air, hence, longer cool-down phase due to latent heat in the cavity.
Make sure that the back of the actual kitchen furniture carcase isn’t sealed. If at all possible there should be air coming up from below and, ideally, air from the sides. This is all at the back of the unit where you don’t see it anyway but, as I said, if this is sealed then it’s doing you no favours.
That said, the cooling fan won’t consume a lot of juice at all and I’d look elsewhere for the culprits. 😉
HTH
K.
Re: Fan Oven and cooling process
Beowulf1976 wrote:(I regularly use it at 230degC).
What on earth are you cooking anyway in a fan oven set at 230c I wonder? 😕
kwatt is quite correct at advising you not the turn your oven cooling sequence off. And as your objective is to cut your electricity bill down, don’t cook at such high temperatures. Batch baking cakes (for example) can be most successful at no higher than 170c. Sunday roast @ 150c. 😉
So my suggestion to saving electricity would simply be to TURN THE TEMPERATURE DOWN. 8)
Slightly off topic now (if I may?) but on Tuesday this week I went to a customer who (if you’ll pardon the expression?) is into Tree Hugging big time as far as energy conservation is concerned that is. She uses candles rather than turning a light on, has solar powered water heating and even a small wind turbine providing heat in her greenhouse. 😯
She offered me a cup of tea whilst I was there and promply filled her 2 litre kettle full for just 2 cups of tea? Therefore in my estimation she was using 300{e5d1b7155a01ef1f3b9c9968eaba33524ee81600d00d4be2b4d93ac2e58cec2d} more electricity on that simple task without even realising?
Hope that helps Carol?
Martin
Re: Fan Oven and cooling process
Martin wrote:
Beowulf1976 wrote:
(I regularly use it at 230degC).What on earth are you cooking anyway in a fan oven set at 230c I wonder? 😕
Martin
Erm… 😳 😳 😳 😳 McCain’s HomeFries? *so ashamed* <– it's the partner's fault, honest… he loves them 😆
They say 230degC, but we do not have the “if you have a fan oven, refer to manufacturer’s recommendations” as we are renting this house (yet another move) so we don’t know what we should be cooking them at… they still take the 20 minutes that they claim to take so either the oven isn’t all it’s cracked up to be, or the temperature gauge isn’t as accurate as it seems.
Re: Fan Oven and cooling process
Beowulf1976 wrote:
They say 230degC, but we do not have the “if you have a fan oven, refer to manufacturer’s recommendations” as we are renting this house (yet another move) so we don’t know what we should be cooking them at… they still take the 20 minutes that they claim to take so either the oven isn’t all it’s cracked up to be, or the temperature gauge isn’t as accurate as it seems.Hi
The boss says “200 degC in a fan oven for twenty mins “
Don
Re: Fan Oven and cooling process
Thanking you kindly 🙂
I do the cooking, but he is the boss in this house 🙂
(he does do all the other housework apart from animal husbandry though bless him) <– That's because I'm disabled not because I'm a lazy heffer mind 😛
Thanking you again.
I will not switch the mains off before the oven has cooled down again thanks! 😉
- You must be logged in to reply to this topic.