"My oven smells of grim cheese when I use it"

[Tim Howard]

This one didn't take long. The spade connector was seriously loose.




As a lover of interesting cheeses, I had to contain my indignation that this smell was likened to cheese....

 

[ProDave]

Usually hot plastic used to be a fishy smell. Obviously plastics have changed.

 

[michael8554]

So experts, should that have been a crimped lug connection ?

 

[binky]

So experts, should that have been a crimped lug connection ?

No, just done up properly.

 

[Tim Howard]

So experts, should that have been a crimped lug connection ?

The issue was the manufacturers spade connector onto the terminal, it had hardly any grip.

The screw terminal was tight, and while it could have been prepared better it wasn’t causing any problems.

 

[ProDave]

I do not like many of the modern oven and hob terminations, while they may work, most of the time, something about them never gives me much confidence they have been designed well.