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Heatercathodeshort · 26th Jun 2019, 8:33 pm

We also had one of these well manufactured and HEAVY cookers with the overhead lamp with two SES candle bulbs. It collected grease and looked clumsy, spoiling the look of the cooker. I took it off!

I replaced a couple of boiling rings that I obtained from Belling in Enfield.

Mum had an 'incident' with one of the boiling rings. She mashed some potato while the pan was still on the cooker, very unusual for her. Anyway the securing nut for the ring must have been loose. It twisted and shorted to the framework with a huge bang and flash! It blew the corporation fuse but it was fixed by the LEB service guy within the hour. We lived at Merton Park back then. John.

26th Jun 2019, 8:33 pm	#21
Heatercathodeshort Dekatron Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Warnham, West Sussex. 10 miles south of DORKING. Posts: 9,147	Re: 1960s Belling cooker- element issues! We also had one of these well manufactured and HEAVY cookers with the overhead lamp with two SES candle bulbs. It collected grease and looked clumsy, spoiling the look of the cooker. I took it off! I replaced a couple of boiling rings that I obtained from Belling in Enfield. Mum had an 'incident' with one of the boiling rings. She mashed some potato while the pan was still on the cooker, very unusual for her. Anyway the securing nut for the ring must have been loose. It twisted and shorted to the framework with a huge bang and flash! It blew the corporation fuse but it was fixed by the LEB service guy within the hour. We lived at Merton Park back then. John.