Post: # 7347Post
Que
July 22nd, 2015, 11:42 am
Our oven is the Spinflo Cara 3500 rated at 1.5kW. As far as I can tell it was fitted from new.
We have used it now for the past 6 years and are delighted with it and thus far, touch wood, have found no downside with it at all.
It has manual ignition, you use a match or gas sparky type lighter. The oven temperature control works a treat and the thing has a glass door so you can see the grub cooking.
As I come from the domestic appliance industry I must voice the usually warnings, get it fitted by a gas pro, there are many pitfalls.
At the very least get professional advice regarding the housing, ventilation and connection, then have the final commissioning done by the gas professional.
Just a few pointers but note these are general pointers, I'm not gas qualified.
Ventilation needs to be from underneath so you can't stand it on a shelf unless the shelf is cut away to allow plenty of ventilation under the burner area.
You need to have ventilation to the outside at the back of the oven, this is mandatory with the larger ovens in particular and a good idea anyway to keep the temperature above the oven space under control.
Our oven has a vent just above it about 1.5 inches wide along it's top edge which lines up with the back wall vent so air can sweep across the top of the oven and vent to the outside, a fan mounted inside the back vent pulls air from inside the camper across the oven to the outside which helps keep the camper temperature down when the oven is in use. Our fridge is mounted above the oven so all this helps the fridge keep it's cool too.
Gas connections must be in copper not flexible hosing and must be coiled at the connections to take up any flexing, and isolation valves fitted to allow for removal of the oven for servicing.
A permanent non closable vent would be wise to ensure plenty of fresh air can circulate into the camper, we have one of those rotary roof vents.
Hope that helps, but to be honest seeking professional advice on this would be wise as would fitting a carbon monoxide alarm.
I met someone last week who wouldn't even run his fridge on gas or cook with the stuff in his motor home, a bit too paranoiac I think.
If anyone reading this is a GasSafe engineer please jump in and give us some pro advice on this, I did the electronics side of things including microwave repairs but left the hissy, burny, explosivey stuff to my (CORGI) qualified colleagues.
One other word or two, I do have an electronic gas leak detector which I use on a regular basis to to check out our camper gas installations, very reasonably priced from China via ebay.
regards
Q&J
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