"Roger Cain" wrote

Most toasters I have seen use a bimetal strip fixed to the chassis which
engages with a lug on the bread carrier. Gets hot, bends, unlatches,
carrier pops up.

The usual trouble is that the bimetal strip gets permanently distorted
over time and fails to latch. Remedy - bend it back to shape.



Thanks Roger

Useful to have a starting point when trying to fault find/repair.

Phil