Eno cooker

[Mark and Karen]

We have the two burner Eno ‘Open Sea’ – never had a cooker with attitude before. The two burners are great, grill is pretty useless but the oven has a mind of its own.

Sometimes it works well and other days it decides that it isn’t going to behave – either odd temperature or continually goes out.

What is your experience with the cooker – have you swapped? Do you have something else other than the Eno? 

[foster]

Hello,

This is one of the reasons we had a microwave with grill installed. This way we use very litte the oven. We also have a Magma butane BBQ that cooks quite well with no odors and seems quite safe.

 

I have heard of boats going all electric with induction but they are usually around 5Oft or more. I was thinking of getting a small outdoor induction range.To use when in the marina or when the generator is on.

 

Denis

 

[Tyson Arnold]

 We have the same stove, hate the oven. We've learned to do a LOT of dishes using the pressure cooker and love it! I know this isn't a solution and just a weak bypass but it works for most things except baking.

[James Taylor]

Stephen

James here, I am replying to your message reference your batteries.Unless you are running your inverter continuously it sounds as though there is a problem in your charging/monitoring system. We have a "link lite" battery monitor and it gives us the current, actual status of our batteries (amps used since charge, amps being currently drawn and graphical current status of battery). The volt meter on the vdo dc panel is, to me, unsuitable in determining battery status.

We own a 2008 B43 with 2 4D agms and a 31 agm start battery. We routinely anchor our boat and recharge every other day if not using our freezer, once every 24hours if we are using the freezer. Our batteries rarely get below 70% in this scenario. We do use leds in the salon and heads and one led in each sleeping quarter. We recharge using a Honda eu200i on anchor since the 40 amp hour charger is much more efficient than running the engine to recharge. The battery charger charges quicker and to a higher recharge level than the inboard engine though the engine will recharge the batteries completely if it is run all day (underway). Maybe your batteries are not being fully charged and this can very easily lead to premature battery failure. Have you looked in the box where the charger is located and checked to ensure the charger is set for the type batteries you have? The charger will also let you know when the batteries are fully charged by a status light on the charger. If not a charger issue you can check the battery monitor with all known items turned off and see how many amps you are using. If there is something drawing lots of power you will have to do an investigative power search of on board accessories.

Before we installed our battery monitor we had problems getting valid battery status and power management. If you do not have a battery monitor allow me to suggest you install one along with your next set of batteries if needed. In my opinion the battery monitor is worth it's weight in gold. It is also relatively easy to install and not too expensive ( i think about$150 to $200). Please keep me informed of your outcome. These boats are energy hogs but the systems are relatively efficient and power can be managed for your comfort and enjoyment once you get a handle on it. Start simple then go complex.

James T.

B43 "RaJean"

[Mark and Karen]

Just purchased a new thermocouple for the oven, if I can work out how to change it. Thought it would be worth a go before replacing the while cooker - not sure I am holding out a lot of hope.

[Alain Brauckmann]

I have the same problems ... 

I ( my technician ) allready have changed the thermocouple ...

 

If I leave the door open, it's working fine, once I close it, I have the problem 

[Mark and Karen]

We are starting to get some progress with this, I have been in touch with the UK importer who is offering up some help as this shouldn't be happening. They think it is the position of the the thermocouple rather than a fault, which is good as I would have to take the top of the cooker off and I have no idea how to get the bolts out of the one way capture clips!

[Mark and Karen]

Finally figured how to get the top off and took the thermocouple out of the gas switch and cleaned it with some fine emery paper bad put it back - seems to have done the trick