Re: Unold Backmeister difficult to switch on

From	Wu Ming <wu.ming2@icloud.com >
Newsgroups	sci.electronics.repair
Subject	Re: Unold Backmeister difficult to switch on
Date	2026-03-02 02:10 +0000
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
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Chuck <chuck23@dejanews.net> wrote:
> On Sun, 1 Mar 2026 09:21:20 -0000 (UTC), Wu Ming <wu.ming2@icloud.com
>> wrote:
> 
>> Hello,
>> 
>> Bought second hand one year ago but according to serial code plaque
>> fabricated 11 years ago. My bread making Unold 8695 delivered good bread
>> for more than one year now. 
>> 
>> Beginning with last week begun not switching on immediately. One minute
>> delay became one hour today. Text on the small display is clearly dimmed.
>> Last week reset itself twice along the program. Eventually being able to
>> complete. 
>> 
>> Producer amazingly has a spare “power control board”. But sales ended in
>> 2020 and part may be even older. I am not sure it would solve. 
>> 
>> I was thinking it may be an old capacitor. But I am not very good at
>> electronics. Suggestions? Thanks for sharing. 
> Probably one or more electrolytic capacitors. Do you have an ESR
> meter?
> 

Unfortunately I do not have an ESR meter available. I know a hw repair shop
though. One limitation I could foresee for who may help to assess is
control board is not easily accessible. Could be seen here:
https://youtu.be/0L87CWmkXCI

I actually used the video above as guide to replace the transmission belt
of this machine before. It was obviously not designed for easy disassemble.
Most painful part is re-assembling it.

Few more tidbits. Yesterday I kept the machine connected to the mains for
two hours before actually using it. One hour and it finally went on. One
more I loaded it and went through the program without a hitch. This unlike
the previous occasion when I operated it only minutes after switching on
and had to be re-started twice.

Also I mentioned yesterday text on the small display was quite faint right
after switching on. It was sharper and easily read by the end of the
program.

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Unold Backmeister difficult to switch on Wu Ming <wu.ming2@icloud.com > - 2026-03-01 09:21 +0000
  Re: Unold Backmeister difficult to switch on Chuck <chuck23@dejanews.net> - 2026-03-01 10:15 -0600
    Re: Unold Backmeister difficult to switch on Wu Ming <wu.ming2@icloud.com > - 2026-03-02 02:10 +0000
    Re: Unold Backmeister difficult to switch on Wu Ming <wu.ming2@icloud.com > - 2026-03-04 03:31 +0000
      Re: Unold Backmeister difficult to switch on liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Liz Tuddenham) - 2026-03-04 10:20 +0000
        Re: Unold Backmeister difficult to switch on Wu Ming <wu.ming2@icloud.com > - 2026-03-04 11:20 +0000
          Re: Unold Backmeister difficult to switch on liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Liz Tuddenham) - 2026-03-04 11:58 +0000
            Re: Unold Backmeister difficult to switch on Chuck <chuck23@dejanews.net> - 2026-03-04 12:32 -0600
            Re: Unold Backmeister difficult to switch on Wu Ming <wu.ming2@icloud.com > - 2026-03-04 23:39 +0000
              Re: Unold Backmeister difficult to switch on liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Liz Tuddenham) - 2026-03-07 11:26 +0000

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