Oven question

[Steve1962]

Today’s silly question. My wife uses our hob as an additional work space, she has a wooden board on it with various cooking items, we don’t use the hob for cooking. We’re going to use the oven for the first time today, would we need to remove the wooden board from the hob and raise the glass cover or are we ok to leave it? Thanks

 

[Kevin M]

I’d lift it, it all gets a tad hot.

 

[Steve1962]

I’d lift it, it all gets a tad hot.

Cheers,
Better safe than sorry👍

 

[birdman101]

Usually if glass not open oven won’t light.

 

[IanB1485]

@birdman101 that only applies to the hob , the grill and oven will light with the lid shut and the lid cutoff function only applies to certain models of thetford ovens , the caprice mk2 and mk 3 if memory serves. there are vents at the back of the top which allow the heat ( and gases) out.

 

[Dustydog]

Relax.
No need to lift the hob glass whilst using the oven. Totally separate bits of kit. Anyway you have a big grille sitting over the oven long before you reach the hob.

 

[birdman101]

@birdman101 that only applies to the hob , the grill and oven will light with the lid shut and the lid cutoff function only applies to certain models of thetford ovens , the caprice mk2 and mk 3 if memory serves. there are vents at the back of the top which allow the heat ( and gases) out.

Our oven will not light unless the glass top is open or the one in our previous caravan being Thetford ovens

 

[Dustydog]

Our oven will not light unless the glass top is open or the one in our previous caravan being Thetford ovens

Interesting. Clearly no models are the same .
At the bottom of the oven I have four gas isolation valves for fridge, hob , water heater and oven/grille. My hob operation is independent of the oven grille .

Steve what model oven is yours?

 

[Steve1962]

Interesting. Clearly no models are the same .
At the bottom of the oven I have four gas isolation valves for fridge, hob , water heater and oven/grille. My hob operation is independent of the oven grille .

Steve what model oven is yours?

Thanks,
Its:

Thetford oven, SOH73966


OH73000DF

Steve

 

[Dustydog]

Thanks,
Its:

Thetford oven, SOH73966


OH73000DF

Steve

According To this hob glass must be open at all times to use grille / oven. Surely that’s in your handbook?
Great photos to date👍

 

[Steve1962]

According To this hob glass must be open at all times to use grille / oven. Surely that’s in your handbook?
Great photos to date👍

Thanks,
You’re correct about the oven 👍

Mysteriously the photo of my big toe in the leather sandals taken by accident on the ascent of Mount Molehill had somehow been deleted
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[Sam Vimes]

Our oven will not light unless the glass top is open or the one in our previous caravan being Thetford ovens

Ditto

 

[IanB1485]

Thats interesting , I see and check a lot of ovens in caravans and motorhomes and I have not come across the lid shutting off the oven/grill , The thetford ovens I have come across and inspected and repaired only cut off the four hob gas burners/ 3 gas burners and one electric hob , via 4 microswitches . I will certainly keep an eye open for this feature in future.I did a caravan - 2011 and the grill door had a microswitch on the side , which if you closed the door the grill cut off , unfortunately the microswitch had failed and it cost a fair bit to source a replacement, Newer grills allow the door to be shut and keep running