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Cooker instructions state "use chain supplied to secure cooker", chain not supplied.

Nilrem · 2015-05-22 18:28:46

Hi About 4-5 weeks ago we bought a Hotpoint cooker that states in the instruction manual that during installation it should be fixed to the back wall using the chain supplied with it. To quote the book The capitals and exclamation marks are actually used in the manual. Now so far I've rang John Lewis who we bought it from,…

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martinthebandit Posts: 4,422 Forumite

24 May 2015 at 11:02AM

I always thought the chain was on gas ovens only so that they couldn't be accidentally pulled out from the wall far enough to break the gas connection.

Never thought they were needed for an electric oven.

I suspect very much that the instructions the op refers to are only there for gas or gas and electric ovens.

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Cooker instructions state "use chain supplied to secure cooker", chain not supplied.

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