On 04/02/2018 21:28, TheChief wrote:
DJC Wrote in message:
On 03/02/18 22:07, TheChief wrote:
Hi Guys

On my visit to the daughter's flat in Edinburgh she was
complaining that the control job on the electric oven was getting
hot.
I think this was
when the device was set to grill mode but not sure.
The nob reached a temperature that required a cloth to operate.

Any ideas what's going on here?


My oven has a fan to cool the space between hob and top oven. This is
intended to keep the controls cool. If yours is similar perhaps the fan
has failed.


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djc

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No low-hanging fruit, just a lot of small berries up a tall tree.


Thanks DJC

That sounds a possibility.

One thing I missed from my description - I'm pretty sure it
wasn't the whole control panel heating up.
The heat seemed to be concentrated to the right half of the
control panel where the grill selector nob is located.

Phil

Could it be that the seal on the door is faulty allowing heat to escape
upwards to the control knobs.