Aga Oil Cookers. --- Standardisation
Saturday 1st April 2000
April
2000
Aga
Oil
Cookers
. --- Standardisation
From
the
beginning
of
May
, new
production
oil
cookers
will
incorporate
a
number
of
important
changes
, so
as
to
standardise
the
oil
cooker
in
line
with
gas
models
.
These
modifications
will
also
include
some
changes
previously
requested
by
Aga
engineers
and
can
be
summarised
as
follows
.
Burner
Housing
.Now
of
sheet
metal
rather
than
cast
iron
,using
normal
burner
inner
door
,but
with
modified
door
retaining
brackets
.Increase
in
depth
.
Burner
Chamber
(ashpit
)Same
as
for
gas
cookers
.The
two
special
insulating
washers
between
the
housing
and
the
chamber
are
now
dispensed
with
.
Outer
Barrel
Sealing
Ring
An
additional
part
for
oil
cookers
.This
stainless
steel
plate
is
used
to
help
seal
the
outer
barrel
to
the
burner
chamber
(ashpit
),the
same
as
used
on
gas
cookers
,see
fig
.1
.
1
.
2
.
Heat
conducting
Plate
.Same
as
for
gas
cookers
and
using
the
clamp
as
shown
above
in
fig
.2
Burner
Support
Plate
Dimensions
altered
.Now
shorter
,front
to
back
,to
accommodate
the
redesigned
housing
.
Roasting
,Baking
&Simmering
ovens
Same
as
for
gas
cookers
Simmering
oven
door
lining
Deep
lining
is
now
to
be
used
on
both
roasting
and
simmering
oven
doors
.Narrow
lining
only
used
on
hotcupboard
.
Heat
Indicator
Gas
type
indicator
now
standard
to
oil
cookers
.
Thermostat
A
new
Diamond
H
thermostat
replaces
the
Ranco
type
,having
a
shorter
sensing
phial
.A
guide
tube
is
fitted
through
to
the
top
oven
allowing
the
thermostat
to
be
easily
replaced
,in
the
same
way
as
gas
models
.The
current
oil
thermostat
operating
knob
is
retained
.The
guide
tube
should
be
left
unblocked
.A
new
thermostat
phial
support
plate
is
used
in
the
top
oven
,common
to
both
gas
and
oil
models
and
having
two
phial
clips
.The
right
hand
clip
can
be
fitted
in
one
of
two
positions
,dependent
on
fuel
model
and
as
shown
below
.
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