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McMurdo · 28th Aug 2017, 11:16 pm

Reading some of my 1960's Which? tests of electric cookers, the safety aspect was found lacking in several particularly regarding failure of BEAB tests. For example insulation breaking down when pans boil over, heat from the oven causing the maximum temperature of the terminal box to be exceeded etc, earth leakage going out of spec when the rings had been used for a while etc.

If I can find the right editions I'll scan the pages if I aren't breaking any laws..

PS I'd have thought the one in the pic was more late 70's/early 80s.

28th Aug 2017, 11:16 pm	#9
McMurdo Dekatron Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Staffordshire Moorlands, UK. Posts: 5,271	Re: 1960's Tricity Viscount cooker Reading some of my 1960's Which? tests of electric cookers, the safety aspect was found lacking in several particularly regarding failure of BEAB tests. For example insulation breaking down when pans boil over, heat from the oven causing the maximum temperature of the terminal box to be exceeded etc, earth leakage going out of spec when the rings had been used for a while etc. If I can find the right editions I'll scan the pages if I aren't breaking any laws.. PS I'd have thought the one in the pic was more late 70's/early 80s. __________________ Kevin Last edited by McMurdo; 28th Aug 2017 at 11:30 pm.