stoves newhome gl716 grill not working ?

You are all wonderful. I had contacted an engineer to come and take a look at my grill as there was nothing happening and I am scared of touching anything with gas! But he didn't show up and I found this forum.
I did exactly as you suggested....turned off the electricity plugs, found a metal scewer and torch. I located the red switch through the vents and pressed it. BINGO! All working now.
Thank you my new friends. Saved myself loads of dosh!

KC
September 2018

Omg, grill not worked for months so looking for new cooker and really struggling. Just read this and all fixed in seconds. Thank you so much!

Edwina
October 2016

The same thing happened to me, the grill was not working but the oven was, I followed your advice and we positioned a wire hanger which we cut to fit through the vent and placed above the red switch then we pressed the switch down and it worked. Thank you for the wonderful advice.

Asha
August 2014

Turn of the electric plugs to the oven
Open Grill door.
You will see a series of horizontal vent slots. Shine a torch through about the 4th slot away from the clock and you will see a RED switch.
Position a kebab skewer through the vent and place above the switch then press the switch down.
Re connect electric and turn on grill. Try again if still not working. Ive just fixed mine !!!

Ian Cameron
January 2014

Hi, I have cleaned my oven thourghly, but think I got I quite wet.? now I wont work at all? no clock only the fan trying to come on when you first plug it in. any help much appreiciated.

Debbie
February 2013

I have just followed Abdu's instructions and Bingo! Once you get your eye in and a suitable skewer it takes seconds to reset.
Just to paraphrase Abdu: shine a small torch through the narrow flat vents underneath the clock and there it is. Finding the skewer tool is the hardest part of the job. Press the red button(awkward) and test. Go to pub. As Abdu says, Isolate the grill/oven first or you may never go to the pub again. Cheers Abdu.

tim
August 2012

hello you not need to do all this just simple switch off electric and get kabab stick and look in to hole of the vent near by digital c'lock about 3 to 4 inches away from digital c'lock put kabab metal barr in to the hole and you can see wire where to joint at safety switch is put kabab barr thru the vent hole on to the middle of switch and press other end of barr to switch you will feel when you press kabab barr and it should work switched on electric and it will work if not then try again but always remember when ever you work on it you must switched off electric goodluck

abdu friend
August 2012

Hi Jon,

I have spent the day scouring the net to try and find a fix for this exact problem. I can come to your rescue as I have just fixed mine with exactly the same problem.

My grill stopped working, I could hear no gas coming through but could hear a micro switch turn as I turned the knob. Everything else on the oven worked fine.

In hindsight I realise I caused the problem by closing the door whilst grill was on. What happens is that it gets too hot in the grill and a safety device (the thermostat) kicks in and cuts the circuit which stops any more gas coming out.

A search through google and yahoo gives you the answer to fix it, reset the thermostat, but i will tell you how to do it as I have just done, fixing my broken grill of nearly a year!

Essentially the steps in fixing the grill are:

TURN IT OFF AT THE WALL
Remove the oven and grill doors
Take all the screws out that keep the oven fixed in its casing.
Pull the oven out.
Remove the casing that covers the back of the oven.
Find the thermostat
Hit the reset button.
Do all everything in reverse
It should now work!

Okay so in detail.....MAKE SURE THE ELECTRIC IS OFF. The doors were a pain to figure out but easy once i'd figured out. You need to remove each screw near the hinge. You will notice that if you pull at the hinges they are spring loaded. Pull at the door and it will pull out on the spring loaded hinge, you will see some holes in the hinge exposed, put something small that fits in the holes so that you jam the hinges out. (I used kebab stick skewers from summer!) This makes it easier to work on them. You will also notice there are some small plastic clips that push into the side of hinge, these need to be removed. Hint, I took pictures on the digital camera to remind myself what everything looked like before I attacked it, especially important for remembering which way the small plastic bits go in.

Now remove the doors by pulling them out their fixings. You will be left with a long plastic piece still attached to the hinge part of the oven. You need to take these off by removing the small cylindrical pins. (Take a picture to remind yourself how to put them back together)

With the doors off and effectively 4 metal fingers sticking out of where he doors used to be you need to remove some small screws that keep the oven fixed in its own fixing frame. I think there are about 9 or so.

Now you can pull the oven out. This is tricky and you may need to grip it from inside the oven. Dont worry about the gas supply. it is on a flexible rubber pipe as you will see once its out.

You should now be looking at a dusty aluminium looking casing. Remove the casing screws taking precaution around the fixing where the gas goes in. Take off the casing.

Behind the clock part about 10-20cm back and on the flat surface is a small gizmo about the size of the end of your little finger with two wires going into. This is the thermostat. In the middle is a little red dot. This is actually a micro switch. When you press it carefully and listen you will hear a tiny click. This resets the thermostat. At this stage I turned the electic back on turned the grill on with the oven out to check it has worked, which it did.

Now you have to do everything in reverse. Put the oven back, back on. Slide it back into its fixing (being careful of the gas and electric wire. Put all the screws back in and re-assemble the door hinges.

It should now work! Ill keep an eye on the post in case anyone has anymore questions.

Regards

Wesley
Cambs

Wesley
October 2011