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Here’s hoping someone can help me with a really basic question about replacing a solid hotplate from a 4-ring Neff hob from 1986.
I have just received a replacement simmerstat Neff hotplate (145mm, 1.5kW) from ukwhitegoods. So far, so good. But the new part has two 100mm screws pointing out of the backplate, whereas the original part (which I still have) instead has two small brackets connected to the bottom of the radiant ring, with two holes each side to which one attaches the earth connections. I have no idea why the new hotplate has these two long screws, or what to do about this? I don’t think simply taking them off with a hacksaw will work, because I am still not sure how to make the earth connections (pretty vital, that). I don’t think it’s relevant in this instance that it’s a simmerstat part, it just seems as though the two long screws were a feature introduced after 1986 and it’s bamboozling me.Re: Solid Hotplate on Neff hob
Point taken, Washman, thanks for feedback and I hope the following is more useful for anyone kind enough to look through it:
There is no code or distinguishing ID on the hob itself but the original (1986) instruction manual is labelled “C4EE and EP4E hobs”.
The hob is white, with four radiant electric hotplates. The two at the back are solid hotplates (left, 1kW and righthand,1.5kW, both with ‘red dot’ centres) and the two at the front are automatic hotplates with simmerstat centres (left, 2kW and righthand, 1.5kW). I needed a replacement for the front right hotplate simply because the chrome surround broke. So I’ve bought a replacement from ukwhitegoods and it looks a good match in every way except the replacement hob has 2 one-and-a-half-inch long (not 100mm, I got in a muddle about metric conversions, sorry) screws (diameter 5/32″) emerging from the underside of the hotplate; ie they point downwards once the hotplate is fitted to the hob. I think these would allow earth connections to be screwed to them but the part came without extra bolts, and that’s what’s making me wonder. The old 1986-vintage hotplate instead has two small brackets attached to the underside of the hotplate which allow other items such as the earth connection and the bottom backplate to be screwed to them. I can almost see my way forward – simply by finding some bolts with 5/32″ internal diameter and securing the earth connection to the replacement hotplate that way – but would appreciate the views of those who recognise the situation.Re: Solid Hotplate on Neff hob
Hi
They never come with nuts ,just find some of the correct size.
Washman
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