Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Rod Speed" Newsgroups: uk.d-i-y,aus.computers Subject: Re: toaster repair Date: Fri, 01 Aug 2025 01:24:57 +1000 Lines: 67 Message-ID: References: <68876996$1@news.ausics.net> <1067ssh$24u7g$17@dont-email.me> <10682qp$3hleo$1@dont-email.me> <10686b5$273fk$3@dont-email.me> <106ftp5$2ici2$1@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net EQdaucZxLMQs6pjMRiVPZg+dnmXx33BC3xWCe2XdGOTh5MKY4= Cancel-Lock: sha1:zvByjywGHMzy8yKgWUYHyUZfr8U= sha256:PgkN4mC5TOFfpBNeqSacCq4itNBsvzyvMpSw+lTV+Cs= User-Agent: Opera Mail/1.0 (Win32) Xref: csiph.com uk.d-i-y:1226981 aus.computers:72656 Indy Jess John 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!