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Re: toaster repair

From "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com>
Newsgroups uk.d-i-y, aus.computers
Subject Re: toaster repair
Date 2025-08-01 01:24 +1000
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Indy Jess John <bathwatchdog@omitthisgooglemail.com> wrote
> The Natural Philosopher wrote
>> GB wrote
>>> The Natural Philosopher wrote
>>>> Ozix wrote
>>>>> Rod Speed wrote

>>>>>> looking to repair a could of toasters, mainly because I do
>>>>>> really thick toast cut from a full loaf and it's hard to find a
>>>>>> popup toaster that can do that well, particularly when buying
>>>>>> online at a sensible price and it shouldn't be hard to spot
>>>>>> weld the element burnout at the termination
>>>>>>
>>>>>> But I can't work out how to get the handle off so I can get the
>>>>>> cover off. Online some have screws but none of mine do. Are
>>>>>> they glued on and can you just lever it off ?
>>>>>
>>>>> I remember my granny had an old toaster with the wire wound
>>>>> around sheets of mica. She got it rewired, but that was about 50
>>>>> years ago, when people repaired home appliances.

> My granny had a strange toaster.  There was a single element (I assume  
> it was round a mica back but I was too young at the time to be  
> interested in that.  There were two swing out receptacles for the bread  
> and a strange hinge arrangement.  She put a slice in each receptacle,  
> which toasted both slices of bread on one side, then she swung the  
> receptacles round the fixed bit holding the element and that toasted the  
> other sides of the bread.

Yeah, one of my ancient relos who was the same age as my dad and mum
who we used to stay with a lot had one of those,

> I have never seen one like it before or since.

I have seen one at a garage/car boot sale for a deceased estate

> I have no idea what  happened to it when she died.

>>>> 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 :-)

> The best toaster I found for thick bread was a Tefal one I had about 40  
> years ago which had a single long wide slot which took two slices if  
> positioned vertically.  That means it could have taken pitta bread, but  
> I never tried it.  I have just looked at the Tefal website and they  
> don't do anything like that now.

> It was very good with thick slices.  Unfortunately when I tried using it  
> for crumpets it toasted them OK but it didn't pop up high enough to take  
> the crumpets out so I had to unplug it and try to stab the crumpets to  
> lift them out.

> In those days I didn't know that toasters could be repaired, and these  
> elements were coiled wire in a glass tube, which because of the length  
> of the slot were longer than for a typical toaster.  With no internet  
> capable of being searched in those days, when the elements stopped  
> working it was scrapped.

> I recognise that this is not much help to the other contributors to this  
> thread, but it is an interesting glimpse into history.

Yep

> Old age does  bring some benefits!

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