Dometic OV1800 oven issues

[Reboot]

My new to me Burstner Ixeo came with a Dometic OV1800 mini grill/oven.
Our first use of said oven to cook a couple of baked potatoes took ages but the cutlery draw above the oven became red hot.
The knives and forks were to hot to handle.
Is this a know issue with this oven or have we got a fault which I should raise with the dealer?

 

[irnbru]

That doesn't sound right. I think I would be speaking to your dealer.

 

[Reboot]

It's a pathetically small oven but I was worried that we might have been a little unlevel when we had used it so the heat from the oven front vent might have heated the cutlery draw above it.
I will raise this with the dealer while it's still under warranty.
Thanks for the reply

 

[DandG5515]

Just had a quick look at a picture of a secondhand one, just check the door seal covers the top part of the door is present and in good condition. Also the door has 2 pieces of glass (inner one missing.?), also check the door pulls up tight against the seal. Unfortunately gas ovens are slow to heat and they do need to expell hot air to allow fresh in to burn. Some should be fitted with an external vent but most manufactures do not bother. when we got our van it had a smev gas grill that melted the worktop above it. We replaced it with a smev oven with a proper door seal however the worktop still gets hot.

 

[dunnah01]

We take our drawer out when using the oven, it then provides a handy slot to warm plates. I think ovens are an afterthought on most continental motorhomes

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[TheBig1]

I thought those were just grills or warming ovens, not designed to cook from raw. And the top plate slides out to deflect heat and keep the door slightly open. Or is this a different model?

 

[Reboot]

The oven is like new, with no sliding plate or heat deflector.
The heat itself rises from the vent above the oven and it cooks the cutlery draw above the oven.
It also heats the sink cabinet beside the oven.
It can be right like this can it?

 

[AandA]

We have a newish previously owned Burstner with the same oven (also like new) and exactly the same problem. After the oven has been on for 10 mins you can smell the plastic drawer handle and it's too hot to touch. It's also very slow to cook despite claiming to go to gas mark 6. If you get any insights from the dealer please let us know. I'm thinking of making an aluminium deflector so the heat cannot rise directly over the drawer front.

 

[Reboot]

I did raise this issue with Cranhams of Upminister Essex.
This is the dealer who sold me the Burstner in March 2020.
To say that Cranhams are not very good with dealing with warranty claims is an understatement.
After my personal experiances with them I would advise anyone to aviod them if they are thinking of buying a secondhand Motorhome.
As an example of the apathy I received from Crahams warranty department, when I pointed out the bent extending arm on the Thule Awning and although they agreed it had visable damage they refused to repair it by explaining it was now a nearly three years old van with 7000 miles on it so I shouldnt expect to be like new and they didnt think the bent arm was damaged enough to warrant replacing it.
In their opinion the oven house or the drawer above didnt get hot enough to warrant any further investigation.
Well why would it, unless the van actually caught fire in their workshop I doubt they would have reported anything. After all if they had they would have to fix it which seems to be an issue with this dealer.
We have not used the oven since the baked potatoe fiasco.
Its a shame its these little things which have spoilt the new van experiance we had hoped for this year.

 

[AandA]

Staggeringly bad design and service! I'm going to make an alloy deflector for ours and if it works I'll post a pic.

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[AandA]

Just checked the manual and interesting to find diagrams showing oven exhaust options. Ours are clearly as in Figure 5.

Other options vent elsewhere e.g. Figure 4:

 

[Reallyretired]

Our oven has an external vent and doesnt heat up anything, and its continental (rapido). Our previous moho -(dethless) had an external vent and a fan on the oven.

 

[AandA]

Fixed!

 

[AandA]

Staggeringly bad design and service! I'm going to make an alloy deflector for ours and if it works I'll post a pic.

This makes a massive difference with drawer front no longer getting hot

 

[pj650]

That looks really good. How far back does it go?
Can you give dimensions please?

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[AandA]

That looks really good. How far back does it go?
Can you give dimensions please?

It's the full width of the drawer front and the blank is 48 mm deep. I used a sheet metal bender to put a shallow bend which gives rigidity. Some more images below with drawer removed and showing blind rivets.

 

[pj650]

Thanks for the dimensions. I shall have to see what I can sort out for our oven. Thanks again.

 

[Reboot]

Wow.....you have solved a bad design with such a simple but elegant solution.
All I can say well done.
Now I need to find some sheet Ali and a bender.

 

[AandA]

Wow.....you have solved a bad design with such a simple but elegant solution.
All I can say well done.
Now I need to find some sheet Ali and a bender.

Thanks for the acolade! As it happens I cut and bent 2 blanks. You are welcome (Reboot) to the second one - it was your post that made me realise it was a design problem! If you want it PM me with your contact details and I'll post it to you

 

[jezport]

Nothing wrong with said oven, its said van. Poor said construction. Needs insulation between said oven and said drawer. I said!

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