Hello everyone - I found this thread after what appears to be a terminal fault with my Rangemaster Leisure 110 bought around 16 years ago; this thread may not be the exact one for the fault, but there’s so much real knowledge on here about the cooker that I thought I’d just ask to see if anyone can help. Cutting it short, RCB on the consumer board kept tripping, stating back on for nearly an hour until after isolating each ring and testing finally showed the kitchen ring at fault. Unfortunately, I’ve recently sustained a serious injury and am a bit disabled now, so I asked a friend in the village if he could help me out. Stout fellow brought a friend of his who is a sparks! Finally traced it to the cooker, tok the plug out and tested the socket which was ok. He tested the plug on his little box thing and said it all looked ok. So he plugged it back in and set the time. Almost as soon as the time was set there was an almighty bang, a flash from somewhere at the back of the cooker and a puff of smoke! Obviously we didn’t try again. All the hobs work - in that gas is delivered to them, but no ignitor and no gas to the ovens. So… my question is: has anyone got any idea what might have gone flash bang at the back? We checked the wiring up to the point of entry and all is fine, so I guess it’s something inside and close to the wire outlet. The sparks friend said call Rangemaster or Google it! So here I am. Any help greatly appreciated; it’s been a great cooker and has worked really hard since I bought it and currently I’m not in a position where I can replace it. Ta.
Jon B (Sussex), June 2013