In article , DaveT wrote:

I had a $20 space heater fail after about 4.5 yrs of use. It looks the
nichrome filament burned through near a crimp fastener (below is a pic).

Is there any cheap easy method of repairing this, without it winding up
burning down the house?

Thanks

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DaveT-

Did the wire break, or did it just pull out of the crimp? It may have
just been poorly attached. If you can poke it back where it came from,
you can crimp it more tightly.

From the photo, it is not clear how it was crimped before. There may be
a metal sleeve that was placed over the joint and crimped. If the
filament broke, it may be best to replace the old sleeve and re-crimp.

As far as burning down the house, check to see that there are no other
points where the filament might be short circuited to itself. If part
of it shorted out, that would explain why it would burn through.

Fred