On 19/08/2020 10:08, Harry Bloomfield wrote:
Brian Gaff (Sofa) pretended :
Quite how the frost button etc work, I've never looked but it sounds pretty
mechanical.
Brian

Judging entirely by the behaviour of mine, about 7 years old, it uses
electronic timing rather than mechanical.

Ours is a Russell-Hobbs "Seasons" toaster, about 25 or 30 years old
(inherited from my parents). A few years ago it stopped latching when
pushed down to start the toasting. I dismantled it and found a small
piece of plastic had broken off from the latching mechanism. I used some
epoxy resin to hold it back in place and the toaster has worked
perfectly ever since.

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Jeff