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induction hob question [from the house, not the boat]


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in ~2015, I bought an ex display kitchen set up that included an induction hob.   Last month the hob gave a generic error code and stopped working.  A local firm came by and for **only** £500 they said they would replace the 'Power PCB' [which was >£400 of the total bill].  As a ceramic hob was about half that, I now have a non-working induction hob sitting in a back room.

 

Is there an option to getting working?  An organisation to donate it to who can fix it and use it?  Seems an awful waste to just chuck it in a skip.

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Such is the value of used appliances these days, no one wants them even if they are working. Your hob will have a microprocessor inside and the makers will not release any service information, only a complete new PCB at as you have found a crazy price for something that probably cost $10 to make.

Do you get the impression that the makers don't want you to be able to repair it? They just want to sell new ones!

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43 minutes ago, Tracy D'arth said:

Such is the value of used appliances these days, no one wants them even if they are working. Your hob will have a microprocessor inside and the makers will not release any service information, only a complete new PCB at as you have found a crazy price for something that probably cost $10 to make.

Do you get the impression that the makers don't want you to be able to repair it? They just want to sell new ones!

 

That is really too bad, and thanks for the insight.  I see a growing trend of 'right to repair' legislation and I would support that.  the old hob feels a high quality, heavy thing... quite a waste to just throw it in a skip.

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54 minutes ago, Wittenham said:

 

That is really too bad, and thanks for the insight.  I see a growing trend of 'right to repair' legislation and I would support that.  the old hob feels a high quality, heavy thing... quite a waste to just throw it in a skip.

Before you bin it, find the make and model and the error code it threw at you, Go on the internet and see what you can find. Some of these clever appliances just get confused by the hash on the mains and can be reset. The touch areas on the glass have to be clean to register properly.

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13 hours ago, Tracy D'arth said:

Before you bin it, find the make and model and the error code it threw at you, Go on the internet and see what you can find. Some of these clever appliances just get confused by the hash on the mains and can be reset. The touch areas on the glass have to be clean to register properly.

 

^^^This^^^

 

There is a widening gap in the ability of electricians to install stuff correctly and safely, and their ability to correctly diagnose faults in appliances. These are two totally different skills and although consumers expect to get both skills in the tradesmen they emply, neither gas nor electrical technicians are taught the latter. 

 

This means that faced with a broken boiler, oven, hob or whatever, your tradesman is often completely at sea regarding fault tracing and terribly inclined to suggest getting a now one as the old one has 'had it', and fitting a new appliance suits his skill set far better. 

 

As Tracy suggests, google the fault code, see what it says, then find the manual for this hob and read that too. There is a fault tracing section in most manuals these days but as you probably know, blokes are sometimes highly resistant to RTFM when things don't work.

 

Finally, £500 for a "power PCB" (that in itself seems an odd term, suggesting someone might have made it up on the spot) seems a lot. Most PCBs in boilers cost circa £200 new and there is often a thriving market in repairing them too, often for well under £100.  Look up the part number of the PCB in the manual then again, google for the part number and see what they generally sell for. You may well find you are more capable of fixing it than the local firm you called in. 

 

 

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2 hours ago, MtB said:

 

^^^This^^^


. You may well find you are more capable of fixing it than the local firm you called in. 

 

 

Almost certainly.

The power supply for an induction hob is a high frequency inverter and mosfets, not overly complicated for an electronics guy to fix but do you know of one?

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