Post edited 5:06 pm – Wed 29-Dec-10 by bobbyW
How many of you have purchased a nice shiney clean Halogen Cooker only to find the self cleaning mode is not as good as the adverts say?
I have two, one is a Mini Halogen Cooker as advertised in the papers and comes from a company called Easy Life. These are great little cookers, heating up much faster than their full size cousins, the other (and also my main cooking device) is the larger JML version, complete with extender ring and trays.
The annoying thing with both cookers is the lid, baked on grease covers the plate behind the fan/element guard where it's impossible to reach.
Today I bit the bullet and spent a couple of hours restoring them back to as near new as possible. If you have the same problem, here's how I did it.
With the lid upside down and unplugged, take a cross head screwdriver and remove the three screws from the element plate, place in a bowl, spray with oven cleaner and leave for 20 mins.
Next is the fan, holding the fan blades steady with your hand, remove the centre nut with a pair of pliers (IT'S A LEFT HAND THREAD) so righty loosey! then remove the fan from the spindle and place in the cleaning bowl.
Three more cross head screws secures the motor assembly plate to the housing, remove these and the glass lid will become loose making cleaning easier.
One more screw holds the rectangular timer switch, the assembly can now be moved to allow access to clean underneath where you will see the motor cooling fan.
NOTE! On the JML, the plate cannot be seperated from the glass lid as it will not pass through the hole and the wires cannot be disconnected, other models may vary.
Carefully clean the metal plate housing the element and dry thoroughly. Rinse clean and dry the outer fan and element cover.
ASSEMBLY
You should have 1 nut, 4 long screws and 3 short screws along with washers.
Attach the timer switch to the plate and slot into position (D shape hole/stem) 1 long screw
Align the holes to secure the element plate to the housing ensuring it is seated in the glass lid correctly and secure with 3 long screws.
Replace fan and secure with the Right Hand Threaded Nut (Lefty Tighten)
Align and secure Heating Element plate using 3 short screws.
Place lid in operating position, plug in with temperature switch in OFF position, turn timer switch. The motor and fan should run but no light.
Turn temperature switch to wash, the halogen light should come on and after a brief time go off and on as usual, increase temp to test thermostat. Hopefully all works as it should.
So far so good! almost finished.
now, prise off the timer and temperature knobs and clean their recesses, then replace.
That's It!
*Tip! When dealing with Easy Life, unless you want junk mail, make sure you tell the operative to confirm that you are registered as NO ADVERTISING MATERIALS*
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