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rickman

On 5/8/2017 8:54 PM, wrote:
I brew a pot of coffee every morning.
(electric) Drip coffee makers last about 6-12 months,
before something goes bad.
Often I can take 'em apart and find the bad bit.
This limps them along for another 6-12 months.
(I wasn't able to find the bad bit in the latest Mr coffee that
failed... grumble. (And the f'ing security bits.))
A new one is ~$30-40. Do I just keep throwing them
out? Another solution? I'll use a hand poured drip tomorrow, heat
water on stove pour through, let drip, add more hot water.
But I really like the convenience of pushing a button,
going off for the morning ablution, and coming back to a cuppa.
(Is cuppa only for a cup of tea.. in Oz?)

Isn't the failure usually the thermal fuse?

A friend has a $600 coffee maker, more like an expresso machine really
and it might be a lot more than $600, I don't recall, a fancy German
unit. It crapped out and they found a video showing the likely culprit
to be a power transistor. They got me in the loop and I confirmed that
was the likely failure and ordered a new part and put it in when it
came. Worked like a charm! It was quite a piece of work and made the
standard drip brewers look like total junk which is what they are.

I use the drip and don't mind waiting the 90 seconds it takes to heat
the water on the stove. A friend has a small water heater that works
just as fast as the stove if not faster and doesn't lose as much heat to
the room while doing it. I have no idea where she found it, maybe at an
Asian food store, the construction reminds me of a small rice maker,
which I want to buy. I guess I need to check ebay.

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Rick C