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Where to buy coffeemaker internal parts, e.g. heating element?
March 1, 2019 at
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Both of our Cuisinart coffeemakers stopped working so I opened them up to see what was broken. Turned out to be cracked silicone hoses, which were easy to replace using new hose I bought on Amazon, burned out thermal fuses, which I also got on Amazon, and a bad thermistor and heating element.
I was able to fix one of the coffeemakers using the new hose and thermal fuses I got on Amazon, and the one good thermistor and heating element I was able to salvage between the two units, and now it's working fine. But I'd also like to fix the other one, as a backup.
I can get a replacement thermistor at electronics supply dealers (although the specific one I need is not that common), but I can't seem to find a place to buy replacement heating elements. This is the horseshoe-shaped metal tube that heats the water. There's got to be somewhere to buy these. I'm guessing that they come with the thermistor since it's attached to it with a clamp (it tells the circuit when to shut the heat off).
Any ideas?
I was able to fix one of the coffeemakers using the new hose and thermal fuses I got on Amazon, and the one good thermistor and heating element I was able to salvage between the two units, and now it's working fine. But I'd also like to fix the other one, as a backup.
I can get a replacement thermistor at electronics supply dealers (although the specific one I need is not that common), but I can't seem to find a place to buy replacement heating elements. This is the horseshoe-shaped metal tube that heats the water. There's got to be somewhere to buy these. I'm guessing that they come with the thermistor since it's attached to it with a clamp (it tells the circuit when to shut the heat off).
Any ideas?
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Feel free to fix up your old stuff, it's fine by me, but I was just expressing the fact that I find it incredibly tedious doing so, and am always a little amazed when people actually enjoy doing it, spending time and money chasing down little pieces and jury rigging something up.
Enjoy, by all means.
And I didn't jerry-rig anything. I literally fixed it per factory spec. Functionally 100% good as new. This isn't like patching your car's rusted tailpipe with a cut-up coke can and baling wire, but replacing it with a new one. If you prefer throwing away things whenever they develop a slight blemish, go right ahead, it's your right. But some of us like fixing things, saving money AND not contributing to the earth's landfills unnecessarily.
Btw, after the zombie apocalypse, guess who'll be self-sufficient and who'll be having a full-on freakout meltdown when their new iPhone has a tiny little scratch and there's no place to get a new one (not that cell phones will still work)?
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Now you are beginning to understand forum culture in the lounge.
should come with internal parts. Put internal parts in your coffee maker. Save packaging and regift one with no internal parts to family member who doesn't like coffee.
Now you are beginning to understand forum culture in the lounge.