Toaster does not power on

sagor1 said:

Is it possible the element is burned up? Check the resistance of the actual heating element....

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Les Jones said:

From the way you seem to be testing you are assuming that the two elements are connected in series. Have you verified that this is the case ? (You could test each individual element. ) It is very unlikely you can buy replacement elements.

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Nigel Goodwin said:

We used to repair toasters (and irons etc.) years ago where I used to work, but we stopped, probably in the mid 70's, as it became non-viable. The prices of new items came down, and the price of spares went up - so not worth bothering any more.

Certainly now, with give away prices, you're unlikely to be able to source spares for toasters - and quite a few I've seen have no sensible way of getting them apart, no screws or anything, just metal tabs bent over.

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Les Jones said:

From the way you seem to be testing you are assuming that the two elements are connected in series. Have you verified that this is the case ? (You could test each individual element. ) It is very unlikely you can buy replacement elements.

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JMaia said:

True, and I did buy a new toaster, I was just wondering if I could fix this one before throwing it away. If I need to buy any expensive parts to fix this I won't do it since it's cheaper to buy a new toaster. Also I can learn about eletronics messing around with this stuff.



I did not verify they are conected in series, in fact after reading your post and looking at the toaster I don't think so. So I tried the probes, one on the terminal and one on the correspondent point on the PCB:
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And got a reading of 1.5 with the 200 ohm selected on multimeter, on both red and blue wires (so, both elements). Does this means they are functioning properly?

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sagor1 said:

Measuring with the wires connected to the PCB may mean you are measuring resistance on the PCB itself, it does not mean the elements are good or not. The only sure way to test the heating element is to remove one wire from the PCB, and only then measure across the element with an ohm meter. That eliminates any resistance from the PCB itself.
Your reading suggests the element may be good, but if something is conducting on the PCB, it can throw that reading off.

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