when I turn the control knobs to light one of the burners it trips out the all the plugs in the house.

james fardy, June 2007

The 4 plates on my diplopmat ADP1180 gas hob keep sparking when turned on at the mains! Have tried cleaning and drying it thoroughly with a hairdryer but without success. Can anyone please help me????

S Hallett, January 2011

It sounds like you have an electrical short to the spark generator on your hob.

Check the plug on the hob to check it is wired correctly. If it is wired correctly then trying plugging it into a new socket to see if it still carrys your fuse.
Again if this fails then it more than likely a problem with the spark genertor. The easy answer then is to unplug it and use a match etc to light your hob.

steve, June 2007