The cooker has 4 spiral elements, 3x2kW and 1x1.2kW; the little one has
failed.
It seems easy to get a replacement (seem to 1.1kW now - and the others are
1.8kW - typical nowadays). On Ebay there's none on 'click and collect', so I
might have to be here for delivery and that's difficult for me.

Do electrical factors stock them? I've found only one and the price is 2 -
3x that on Ebay or UKwhitegoods.

Also, they're all crimp terminals (mine are screw) and I'm guessing that my
brass crimps aren't suitable for the temperature and possibly not for the
(nichrome?) wires. What sort of crimps would I need and would a manual tool
do the job?
--
Peter.
The gods will stay away
whilst religions hold sway

PeterC wrote:
The cooker has 4 spiral elements, 3x2kW and 1x1.2kW; the little one has
failed.
It seems easy to get a replacement (seem to 1.1kW now - and the others are
1.8kW - typical nowadays). On Ebay there's none on 'click and collect', so I
might have to be here for delivery and that's difficult for me.

Do electrical factors stock them? I've found only one and the price is 2 -
3x that on Ebay or UKwhitegoods.

Also, they're all crimp terminals (mine are screw) and I'm guessing that my
brass crimps aren't suitable for the temperature and possibly not for the
(nichrome?) wires. What sort of crimps would I need and would a manual tool
do the job?

Which cooker and are you referring to the radiate rings which look springs
wound in a spiral?

Im pretty sure I have an unused element from a Creda cooker lurking in the
loft. Not sure of the rating but I think it is one of the large diameter
ones. The cooker was a Solar 600 from memory, it had a glass hob.

On 01/01/2020 09:11, PeterC wrote:
On Ebay there's none on 'click and collect', so I
might have to be here for delivery and that's difficult for me.


Often Ebay sellers have Amazon Marketplace shops.

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On 01/01/2020 10:16, alan_m wrote:
On 01/01/2020 09:11, PeterC wrote:
On Ebay there's none on 'click and collect', so I
might have to be here for delivery and that's difficult for me.


Often Ebay sellers have Amazon Marketplace shops.

Arranging delivery to a different address such as a workplace is also
possible.

--
Michael Chare

On Wednesday, 1 January 2020 09:11:18 UTC, PeterC wrote:
The cooker has 4 spiral elements, 3x2kW and 1x1.2kW; the little one has
failed.
It seems easy to get a replacement (seem to 1.1kW now - and the others are
1.8kW - typical nowadays).

Is that the difference between being rated at 240V and being rated at 230V or 220V now?

Owain

On Wednesday, 1 January 2020 09:11:18 UTC, PeterC wrote:
The cooker has 4 spiral elements, 3x2kW and 1x1.2kW; the little one has
failed.
It seems easy to get a replacement (seem to 1.1kW now - and the others are
1.8kW - typical nowadays). On Ebay there's none on 'click and collect', so I
might have to be here for delivery and that's difficult for me.

Do electrical factors stock them? I've found only one and the price is 2 -
3x that on Ebay or UKwhitegoods.

Also, they're all crimp terminals (mine are screw) and I'm guessing that my
brass crimps aren't suitable for the temperature and possibly not for the
(nichrome?) wires. What sort of crimps would I need and would a manual tool
do the job?

Seems possible that the rings have had their ratings re-assessed for 230V (rather than the former 240V). Which could mean that the rings themsleves are absolutely identical. Which would, if true, undermine the "typical nowadays" comment.

In article ,
PeterC wrote:
On Ebay there's none on 'click and collect', so I might have to be here
for delivery and that's difficult for me.

our postman left a "to be signed for" ebay package on our doormat
yesterday. We were at home but he didn't even ring the doorbell.

--
from KT24 in Surrey, England
"I'd rather die of exhaustion than die of boredom" Thomas Carlyle

On Wed, 1 Jan 2020 09:50:14 +0000 (UTC), Brian Reay wrote:

PeterC wrote:
The cooker has 4 spiral elements, 3x2kW and 1x1.2kW; the little one has
failed.
It seems easy to get a replacement (seem to 1.1kW now - and the others are
1.8kW - typical nowadays). On Ebay there's none on 'click and collect', so I
might have to be here for delivery and that's difficult for me.

Do electrical factors stock them? I've found only one and the price is 2 -
3x that on Ebay or UKwhitegoods.

Also, they're all crimp terminals (mine are screw) and I'm guessing that my
brass crimps aren't suitable for the temperature and possibly not for the
(nichrome?) wires. What sort of crimps would I need and would a manual tool
do the job?

Which cooker and are you referring to the radiate rings which look springs
wound in a spiral?

I¢m pretty sure I have an unused element from a Creda cooker lurking in the
loft. Not sure of the rating but I think it is one of the large diameter
ones. The cooker was a Solar 600 from memory, it had a glass hob.

Yes, the spiral, smaller than the 2kW ones.
--
Peter.
The gods will stay away
whilst religions hold sway

On Wed, 1 Jan 2020 03:13:48 -0800 (PST), wrote:

On Wednesday, 1 January 2020 09:11:18 UTC, PeterC wrote:
The cooker has 4 spiral elements, 3x2kW and 1x1.2kW; the little one has
failed.
It seems easy to get a replacement (seem to 1.1kW now - and the others are
1.8kW - typical nowadays).

Is that the difference between being rated at 240V and being rated at 230V or 220V now?

Owain

Could be - hadn't thought of that.
--
Peter.
The gods will stay away
whilst religions hold sway

On Wed, 01 Jan 2020 12:02:53 +0000 (GMT), charles wrote:

In article ,
PeterC wrote:
On Ebay there's none on 'click and collect', so I might have to be here
for delivery and that's difficult for me.

our postman left a "to be signed for" ebay package on our doormat
yesterday. We were at home but he didn't even ring the doorbell.

I've had that sort of thing - and a package that cost north of 300 quid,
fully tracked and sig. needed - just thrust at me and the driver didn't
stop.
There's a chance that small value like these won't need a sig. - I'll get in
touch with a seller.

Much more concerned about the crimps though.
--
Peter.
The gods will stay away
whilst religions hold sway

On Wednesday, 1 January 2020 09:11:18 UTC, PeterC wrote:
The cooker has 4 spiral elements, 3x2kW and 1x1.2kW; the little one has
failed.
It seems easy to get a replacement (seem to 1.1kW now - and the others are
1.8kW - typical nowadays). On Ebay there's none on 'click and collect', so I
might have to be here for delivery and that's difficult for me.

Do electrical factors stock them? I've found only one and the price is 2 -
3x that on Ebay or UKwhitegoods.

Also, they're all crimp terminals (mine are screw) and I'm guessing that my
brass crimps aren't suitable for the temperature and possibly not for the
(nichrome?) wires. What sort of crimps would I need and would a manual tool
do the job?



The ordinary copper crimps (spade terminals) don't last long, the relax and burn out. The ones needed are stainless steel I think. The ordinary crimping tool won't look at them.

https://www.molex.com/molex/products...Introduc tion

On Wed, 1 Jan 2020 09:11:16 +0000, PeterC
wrote:

The cooker has 4 spiral elements, 3x2kW and 1x1.2kW; the little one has
failed.
It seems easy to get a replacement (seem to 1.1kW now - and the others are
1.8kW - typical nowadays). On Ebay there's none on 'click and collect', so I
might have to be here for delivery and that's difficult for me.

Do electrical factors stock them? I've found only one and the price is 2 -
3x that on Ebay or UKwhitegoods.

Also, they're all crimp terminals (mine are screw) and I'm guessing that my
brass crimps aren't suitable for the temperature and possibly not for the
(nichrome?) wires. What sort of crimps would I need and would a manual tool
do the job?

When I ordered a ring for my cooker on more than one occasion, the
parcel was flat enough to go through my letterbox.
--
Dave W

On Wed, 01 Jan 2020 16:51:23 +0000, Dave W wrote:

On Wed, 1 Jan 2020 09:11:16 +0000, PeterC
wrote:

The cooker has 4 spiral elements, 3x2kW and 1x1.2kW; the little one has
failed.
It seems easy to get a replacement (seem to 1.1kW now - and the others are
1.8kW - typical nowadays). On Ebay there's none on 'click and collect', so I
might have to be here for delivery and that's difficult for me.

Do electrical factors stock them? I've found only one and the price is 2 -
3x that on Ebay or UKwhitegoods.

Also, they're all crimp terminals (mine are screw) and I'm guessing that my
brass crimps aren't suitable for the temperature and possibly not for the
(nichrome?) wires. What sort of crimps would I need and would a manual tool
do the job?

When I ordered a ring for my cooker on more than one occasion, the
parcel was flat enough to go through my letterbox.

That's useful to know. Trouble is, I'm considering ordering 2 :-(
I doubt that a sig. will be needed, so I'll put a plastic box by the front
door.
--
Peter.
The gods will stay away
whilst religions hold sway

On Wed, 1 Jan 2020 08:10:08 -0800 (PST), harry wrote:

On Wednesday, 1 January 2020 09:11:18 UTC, PeterC wrote:
The cooker has 4 spiral elements, 3x2kW and 1x1.2kW; the little one has
failed.
It seems easy to get a replacement (seem to 1.1kW now - and the others are
1.8kW - typical nowadays). On Ebay there's none on 'click and collect', so I
might have to be here for delivery and that's difficult for me.

Do electrical factors stock them? I've found only one and the price is 2 -
3x that on Ebay or UKwhitegoods.

Also, they're all crimp terminals (mine are screw) and I'm guessing that my
brass crimps aren't suitable for the temperature and possibly not for the
(nichrome?) wires. What sort of crimps would I need and would a manual tool
do the job?

The ordinary copper crimps (spade terminals) don't last long, the relax and burn out. The ones needed are stainless steel I think. The ordinary crimping tool won't look at them.

https://www.molex.com/molex/products...Introduc tion

Ta for the link.
I was looking at some on Ebay, e.g.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/142535507981
--
Peter.
The gods will stay away
whilst religions hold sway