toaster repair

They just get repaired.

They still are wires wound round sheets of Mica - plus the bit that switches it on and off.

I binned my last toaster because it wouldn't switch on any more. And it was too small to take a frozen pita bread :-)

I could have spent a day working out why but I couldn't be arsed.

It can't take you a day to work out why you bought a toaster that's too small for a frozen pita bread? :)

I didnt do that because it appears to be an obscure chinese brand because there were no hits using google. I got them at garagr/car boot sales

No sign of any replacement elements

Felix snipped-for-privacy@nowhere.com wrote

Couple of toasters

Andy Bennett snipped-for-privacy@ben37j.com wrote

Me too

True

Mate of mine showed up one morning when I was having my breakfast which is just a massive great slab of my toast and said 'what the hell is that' :-)

And its a damned nuisance to have to do it so manually. I much prefer a proper pop up toaster

I've been getting mine from garage/car boot sales, mostly for $5 or $10 so its cheap to try because you can't really try toasters in the shop to see how well they handle very thick slices of bread and even the ones that claim to do crumpets isnt really much use for our bread

Thanks for that, might try one if the repair turns out to be not feasible.

Ozix snipped-for-privacy@xizo.am wrote

That's what these are

I am quite capable of doing that myself if necessary but plan to just take the last 1cm loop off to replace the burnt out bit at the termination of the end.

No, a day to work out why the one I bought isn't working.

Once the decision to buy a new one was made, it took me a day to find one that *could* toast a frozen pita bread.

Why stop there? Cremation - and take a loaf of Mother's Pride with you.

.\I won this in a pub raffle NutriBullet XXL Digital 7L Air Fryer Temu sell no-brand a lot better price

I thought it was probably like that. The one here is a dinosaur like this..

I was logged on seems the link needs my logon Anyhow it was all bells and whistles for AU$70

Don't lok good to me

My oaster was a great one used ifrared bars took a bit longer to toast For me the Air Fryer is much superior, not limited to just toat

Toaster elements are usuually generic either lattice type on insulated former or radiant type in a glass tube.

When you have disaasembled them you should be able to decide the type and size you need. There are a selection of replacement elements available on eSpares.co.uk

That looks like a good idea.

I can never buy one, I'm afraid. That's because I bought a Dualit toaster 30 years ago. So, until that breaks irreparably (which can never happen), I'm doomed to keep on using it.

Jack Harry Teesdale snipped-for-privacy@yahoo.co.uk> wrote

Belle in red letters on one side and no compliance plate

Yes, all of mine are definitely wire on a sheet of mica with holes for the wire which is bright red when cooking toast.

Thanks for that.

With the first toaster being repaired I had forgotten that the problem is that the central element isnt getting power at all so it may well just be a simple wiring failure which is very easy to fix. I havent gotten around to opening it yet, too busy with other stuff at the moment.

Yes, I see they still keep spares for my model. Not bad.

Why not call Phil Allison, or is he dead, haven't seen anything of him lately.

keithr0 snipped-for-privacy@bugger.off.com.au> wrote

Didn't need to, turns out the handle does just pull off and when I did that it is clear that it does just pull off with the design that allows that.

Someone, think it was Tim, did say he still talks to him somewhere on usenet

Seems like he got cut off when Google Groups shut down their Usenet access.