On Mon, 17 May 2004 10:07:26 +0100, "Christian McArdle"
wrote:

Indeed, this very morning the system went off with burnt toast. But then, it
had been on fire and subsequently filled the house with dense smoke. The
toaster had got jammed down. I still can't believe they design toasters so
that in the event of a jam (extremely common occurance) they set themselves
on fire (extremely serious consequences).
Hi,

Seems like a case of bad toaster design like mine, there needs to be
an extra sprung lever holding the main lever down, so it's switched
off positively when the toast is ready.

Still, a cheap Screwfix optical smoke alarm fixed with blue tack works
well in such situations

cheers,
Pete.