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Jul 201719

Why is my Beko oven not heating up?

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Even the best ovens can become faulty, and you may find that certain parts may need replacing if they are no longer fully functional. Here at Cooker Spare Parts, we have a huge selection of genuine and alternative replacement parts, so we can get your Beko oven back to heating up in no time!

Firstly, it’s important to identify what model your Beko oven is, so we can find the best replacement part for whatever is faulty. You can then search for spare parts using the model code, or browse through the products linked below and check they are compatible with your model.

Next, of course, you’ll need to figure out what is preventing your oven from heating up. There’s a couple of things that can cause this:

Faulty Oven Elements

The oven element is directly responsible for the oven heating up, if it has become faulty you will no longer be able to heat up your food effectively. If your Beko oven is not heating up you should check to see if your element has any burns or bulges – clear indicators it’s no longer in prime condition. We have plenty of Beko oven elements to replace your faulty one – just click the link in the title.

Broken Door Seal

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Damaged Door Hinge

Another way heat may be escaping from your oven is the oven door. If for any reason you door is not up to scratch, valuable heat can seep out, and this may mean your food is taking ages to heat up, or doesn’t seem to heat up at all. If your door is hanging incorrectly or won’t close, this may be solved by simply changing the hinge. If your door seal has become loose or damaged this may also allow heat to escape from your Beko oven - replace it to allow the oven to heat up efficiently again.

Defective Thermostat

Maybe your oven can heat up, but the issue is that it can no longer determine how hot it should be getting. This can happen when your thermostat becomes defective – it may cause your oven to under or overheat. Luckily, we have plenty of replacement thermostats for Beko ovens, so your oven will be able to regulate its heat once again.

If your Beko oven is faulty for any other reason you may want to browse our full collection of replacement Beko oven parts. If for any reason you are still unsure about what you need, feel free to give us a call on 02920 452 510.

Jul 201714

The Different Types of Oven

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In short, the different types of ovens are electric, gas, conventional and convectional. Your cooker is an incredibly important appliance. It is of course responsible for cooking your roast dinners and your frozen pizza's; and without it, you're left with your microwave to cook your meals - which would be a real struggle. That's why it's important to know the difference, and we can help.

Because your cooker is so vitally important, you want to make sure you're purchasing the correct cooker to suit your needs - whether that is an electric or gas cooker, or a conventional, or convectional oven. We're going to help you decide which cooker you need, by creating a handy guide of the different types of oven that are available.

Electric Ovens

We start this guide with the most popular choice of oven - the electric oven. An electric oven works by using heating elements placed on the walls of your oven cavity, which heat up when an electrical current is passed through them. Electric ovens are cheaper to buy than a gas oven, but because they run off electricity, they're a tad more expensive to run.

Electric ovens are easier to use, and will cook your meals more evenly than a gas cooker. If you're too concerned about your energy bills, and you want a high performing cooker, then an electric cooker is the choice for you.

Gas Ovens

A gas oven cooks your meals by using burners instead of using heating elements. Gas is sent to your oven burner and a spark electrode will ignite your oven burner, producing heat and cooking your meals. Gas ovens tend to be a little more expensive than electric ovens, but a gas oven is cheaper to run that an electric oven, so you'll make this money back over time. But, it's important to consider that a gas outlet is needed in order for the cooker to function, and installation would be an extra cost on top, if you don't have one already fitted.

Gas ovens tend to be more popular with bakers because they heat and cool quicker than an electric cooker; they allow you to have exact control over the temperature of the oven; and because gas ovens allow for additional moisture which will prevent baked goods from hardening and becoming brittle, before the inside of the baked the treat is cooked.

As well as choosing how you want your oven fuelled, you also have to decide if you want your oven to be fan assisted.

Convectional or Conventional

Conventional ovens heat the air inside your oven to cook your meals, whereas Convectional ovens use fans to circulate this hot air around the oven cavity, cooking your food faster and more evenly. Convectional oven tend to cost more but provide a better quality of cooking. The choice really depends on how often you use your cooker, and whether or not you'll value the added bit of quality.

No matter which type of oven you decide to choose, you'll be able to a spare part for it amongst our range of cooker spare parts if your cooker ever becomes faulty.

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Jul 201711

How Does a Thermostat Work?

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There are many parts to your cooker, each with a different role to play, but your oven thermostat is one of the most important parts of all. Found in both gas and electric cookers, the thermostat is an electro-mechanical switch that's in charge of regulating the temperature of your oven - but how does a thermostat actually work?

How does a thermostat work?

An oven thermostat regulates the temperature inside an oven. The thermostat's temperature-sensitive probe measures the oven's warmth, switching the heat on and off as necessary to maintain the correct temperature.

While all thermostats fulfil more or less the same function, different appliances sometimes use different types of thermostat. How your oven thermostat works will likely depend on when your cooker was made.

How older thermostats work

In older ovens, the thermostat is connected to a long copper tube that extends into the main body of your oven. This copper tube reads the temperature of your oven by heating up and relaying this heat back to your thermostat. Once the tube has heated to the set temperature, your thermostat will cut off the the heat source. When the temperature in your oven starts to drop, the thermostat will reactivate your oven burner/element, heating up the oven once again. This cycle continues to repeat over and over again whilst your oven is in use, ensuring that the temperature stays constant.

How newer thermostats work

More modern thermostats are attached to a long probe that extends into your oven. The thermostat is wired to a control board that controls your cooker's components, including the oven's heat source (whether that's a gas burner or an electrical heating element). When the probe senses that your oven has reached the designated temperature, it'll send a signal to the thermostat, which then tells your circuit board to turn off the heating supply. If the probe senses that your oven's temperature has dropped, it'll send another signal to your control panel to ignite the heating source once again.

Need a new oven thermostat?

If you find that your oven's thermostat is not functioning properly, you should not hesitate to replace it, as it may be causing your meals to come out over- or under-cooked. Whatever age your cooker is, we're confident that you'll find a compatible replacement thermostat here at Cooker Spare Parts.

If you've purchased a new oven thermostat and you're unsure of how to fit to your new cooker, you may find this step-by-step guide helpful.

Jul 201710

Why Is My Oven Too Hot?

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So, you’ve burnt your evening meal for the third time this week despite cautiously watching the temperature and your timer. You’re desperately protesting against your other half’s claims that you can’t cook, and to prove this you’ve started looking into why your oven is too hot. Well actually, you may not be wrong – if you’re finding that your oven is continuously getting too hot, it is likely that there is a fault at hand.

An oven that is getting too hot is a common fault in electric ovens. This can be due to a number of reasons, but most cases this can be down to a fault in your thermostat which is not regulating the temperature. Keep reading to find out more reasons why your oven might be too hot.

Reasons Why Your Oven is Too Hot

Faulty Thermostats

If you have a faulty thermostat, it is no wonder that your oven is getting too hot. Once you have set the temperature of your oven, the thermostat’s job is to tell the oven it when it has reached the right heat. If it is faulty, the oven can’t accurately regulate when it is supposed to heat up or cool down.

Luckily, we have a fantastic range of oven thermostats that will correct this problem and allow you to prove your culinary skills once more! View our range of Oven Thermostats here >

Failing cooling fans

Another reason why your oven may be getting too hot? A faulty cooling fan. Without a working fan, it’s too hard for your oven to cool down, which is why it may be overheating. Our range of oven cooling fans will fix this issue in no time! To find a perfect replacement cooling fan for your oven, view our full range here.

Overworked oven elements

In order for your oven to be able to produce heat to cook your food, it needs a working oven element. If your oven element becomes faulty it will potentially create more heat than necessary, causing your oven to become too hot and your food a little too...overdone. It’s important to replace a faulty oven element as soon as you notice a problem, and we have a massive range for you to pick from. Click here to see our full range of oven elements >

If you need any advice on your oven, we are always happy to help. Contact Cooker Spare Parts today for assistance.

Jul 201707

How to Resolve Your Indesit Oven Problems

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Indesit are one of the most popular, and best manufacturers of cookers - but that doesn't mean they aren't prone to faults. Even the best cookers can have bad days, and if your Indesit cooker has unfortunately become faulty, it's not the end of the world - we have a sublime selection of spares that'll have your cooker performing as good as new in no time at all!

However, if you don't have much knowledge of cookers, it can be hard to diagnose the problem, and to know which cooker part requires replacing - but that's where can help! Below, we've gone through some of the common problems you may be experiencing, and recommend which cooker part to purchase to resolve this problem.

Uneven or Overcooked Food

We're pretty certain no-one enjoys uneven or overcooked food. And the part that is likely causing this issue, is a faulty oven fan. Your oven is fitted with two types of fans - a cooling fan, and a circulation fan. The roles of the fans are quite obvious. Your cooling fan is responsible for regulating the temperature in your oven, and the circulation fan is responsible for circulation the heat the heat in your oven to ensure that your meal is evenly cooked. Only fan assisted oven will feature a circulation fan. If your cooling fan or circulation fan inside your Indesit cooker, you can view a range of replacements by clicking here.

Stiff Oven Door

If you find yourself in a battle to open and close your door, the lies with your oven door hinges. Over time, the hinges of your oven door can be prone to faults, resulting in your oven door to become stiff, and requiring a monumental effort to open and close. If your oven door is not closing properly, heat will be allowed to escape your oven cavity, which will then result in your meals to take longer than required to cook, and no-one likes having to wait for their meals to cook. This problem can be resolved by purchasing a high quality, affordable replacement from Cooker Spare Parts! To view our range of Indesit oven door hinges, please click here.

Long Cooking Times

If there's one thing that frustrates people more than anything, it's long cooking times. There's nothing more irritating than having to wait even longer for your food to cook because your oven is under-performing. If your oven is taking a while to heat up and cook your meals, or isn't even producing any heat at all, you could have a faulty oven element. Your cooker's oven element is the part responsible for producing the heat inside your cooker that will enable you to cook your meals. If your oven element is faulty, you may find that your cooker will take longer to heat up, or if the condition of your element is really bad, it may not heat up at all. As your oven element poses such a vital role inside your cooker, it's important you replace it as soon as possible, and we have the perfect selection of Replacement Indesit Oven Elements that allow you to do just that!

We also sell other cooker parts to resolve your cooker problems. To view our entire range of Indesit cooker spares, please click here. If you have any questions that you need answering, please do not be afraid to give us a call on 02920 452 510 - we'd be happy to answer any of your questions.