Thread: Electric oven switch 10A,13A, or something else

didn't he see the pretty colours on the back of the gpo?
at least his earth bond was intact, he could have ended up with electric taps

as i said..... end user level stupidity.....

Originally Posted by barney

if the mech (the middle bit) has pushed into the wall and that is the source of your woes, it is meant to clip back in to the plate.
i hope this helps

It was and it did ! Thanks for that.
The switch part had popped out of the plate so, (after turning off the power) I pushed it back in with an insulated flat head driver. I know I could have used my fingers but you can't be too careful IMO. I'll tell the missus to just leave it turned on. Thanks again

Originally Posted by Sprint

he was thinking you asked for a switch that looks just like a light switch, so thats what he gave you

Maybe I shouldn't complain about that too much as after all I'm not a sparky and shouldn't really be doing it; but I would have much rathered he just said "I don't know" than give wrong advise. I was quite specific telling him that this was not a light switch and it isolated the oven and had oven printed on it.

Originally Posted by Sprint

look at the underside of the switch knob, it'll have:
10A (or 15A/20A)
250V written on it

I had a look and it's 20A

Originally Posted by barney

i would on-sell them for about 13.50, making a slight profit from my discount at the wholesaler.
some customers would question my price..................

I know that feeling I used to do the rounds fixing computers and a couple of times people would say,(for example) how come you charge $130 for a Hard Drive when I can get one for $99 from XXX
I would explain it's faster, got twice the cache and has a 5 year warranty, oh and I put $10 on the price for having to go get it as you specifically asked for a whatever size GB HDD. I'm quite happy to put an el'crapo HDD in your computer for less $$$ but I wouldn't give a warranty with the job.

The sad fact is EVERYONE thinks tradies of all descriptions are out to rip them off. The even sadder fact is that some tradies do and give everyone else a bad wrap. Most just try to supply a quality product and a good service.

Originally Posted by barney

a simple post about dumb shop assistants and i tell my life story.

It does good to vent
I have had a little Pay Back to dumb shop assistants a couple of times, once after overhearing what they where telling an old couple looking to buy a PC that was an obvious load of S*** I just waited till he was out of earshot and told them he didn't know what he was talking about and they should go to XXXX where they will get proper advice.
Another time was a simmilar situation an assistant was talking BS about CPU cache and speeds so I just asked him to explain again and he said he was busy and would get someone else to help.

I suppose it gets back to it's better to say I don't know than to give bad advice or just plain lie just to get a sale.


Thanks again everyone

You guys are paying way to much for your gpo's

Hang over, just go and buy a plain 35a mech, doesn't have to have oven written on it aslong as its labled at the board.
It is a stupid reg, thank god its kind of been abolished, now it only has to be installed if its a cooktop where the knobs are at the back, as in you have to reach over it to turn it off.

Originally Posted by 6.5rangie

It is a stupid reg, thank god its kind of been abolished, now it only has to be installed if its a cooktop where the knobs are at the back, as in you have to reach over it to turn it off.

not according to the current edition of AS3000

As in the edition that came out acouple of months ago?
Haven't read it yet, spoke to an inspector a couple of months ago and thats what he told me.

i think so, its a brand new copy and only been in the utes at work for a week or two, so i'd say they're up to date

i'll have look and see if i can find a publishing date on them sometime over the weekend

this is why people get confused......

our copy of AS3000 is the 2007 edition...... so the current one