Hi I'm Josh from eSpares and in this video
I'm going to show you how to fit a multi-position switch
on your hob. Hob's can have two different types have switches one is a
simmerstat,
and that's a variable position switch which can be set to
any position within its rotation. Other hob's
use a multi position switch like this one
and this has fixed positions that it can be
turned to. The process for fitting either a multi-position switch
or simmerstat is very similar and in this video I'm using a micro mark
hob,
but the process should be fairly similar for most types
hob. Now before we begin make sure the your hob
is turned off at the mains.
Most hobs are also hard wired it's so you won't actually be able to unplug it
but if you want to be extra safe you can turn it off the
fuse board as well. Hob's tend to be set into a cavity
in the worktop and some are also clicked in place
underneath for safety. Just have a check before you try to get yours out
that it isn't clicked in place
underneath. Obviously if it is just and do those clips so that
you can lifted out. And once you've got it out the first thing you need to do
is removed the knob on the switch that you're replacing now most cases these simply
pull
straight off like so. Once you've got the knob off
the next thing to do is grab some pliers or a spanner
and undo the nut that's holding the switch
onto the hob. Now I've got the nut off
I can just turn the whole hob onto its front
and very gently lay it down and I now need to separate
this base plates from the restive the hope now on this one it's held in
by four screws here so I'm just gonna go ahead and
unscrewed those.
So I got those four screws off I can just lift that base plates
straight of and I'll just pop that to one side.
And here
we can see the switches underneath. Now this is the switch on going to
be replacing. In normal circumstances
we tell you to take a photo of the connections
as a reminder of how to fit the new part. But in this case there is actually
a couple have wires that are same color so there is potential for them to be
mixed up when you're swapping them over. So for that reason
it's actually better to simply swap one wire
onto the replacement switch at a time and that means you're
less likely to get them muddled up and these are simple
spade connector wires so you can just pull them straight of
and then fit them onto your replacements switch.
Okay so now I've swapped the connections over
I can take the old switch out and pop the new one
in its place. And I'm just going to
refit the nut to the shaft of the switch on the other side
to make sure it's in the correct position.
Now that's in place I need to reattach the baseplate
and now all that remains is to fit the knob
back onto shaft. And that's it
now if you've had to disturb the seal that was fitted
around the hob when you were lifting it out of the worktop
you can either buy the actual hob seal from eSpares.
Or you can just use some draught excluder set around the edge of the hob just
to make sure it's sitting properly
into the cavity. Spares for hobs
and other appliances are available on the eSpares website.
Thanks for watching