misi
Growing Little Guru
I wouldn't trust that.
A kettle almost burned down my home because it did not switch off automagically.
What a mess it caused...
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A kettle almost burned down my home because it did not switch off automagically.
What a mess it caused...
Ahh - but that's a kettle and you wre very lucky that time.
I know the type and occasionally they don't switch off. They have a totally different system to our goog cooker other than it's thermal.
We have never had it stay on. The only issue we have had was it not heating properly because of the corroded (burnt) contacts that I mentioned above.
misi
Growing Little Guru
foxidrive
Retired Admin
We alll speak from our experiences when stuff goes pearshaped, right misi?The devil never sleeping...
That is my experiences with kettles too, at least. The possibility is there of a malfunction - but its a little different to the
Your bi-metal strip is the usual safety feature. Sunbeam have competent engineers, or at least they did have some once upon a time. I expect this egg cooker was not vetted in any way at all by them, except by the title in the catalogue and the price level.
What would you do? I like the way the cooker makes me 6 eggs for a snack
but I could complain and get a recall of these things underway. I guess I'll check if there is another Chris model for sale, or another less dangerous one on the market for a 1/2 dozen yeggs. What I did today is buy a digital countdown timer from Bunnings and I had intended to set it for a countdown of 10 minutes to turn the egg cooker off. It's still in the package at present.
I'm been busy testing my Kogan agora TV which just failed yesterday.
- Switchee-on and only a glow from the LED panel backlight appears.
- Ditto when every item is unplugged, and it's been unpowered by the switch for ages.
- Hitting the plus-button while booting to reset the thing, gives this message.
foxidrive
Retired Admin
I need one of them for my car soon.
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I need one of them for my new car too misi installed behind the grille, so I can offer my opinion on the driving skills of other drivers when they p me off!
misi
Growing Little Guru
Right.
I used to have a reliable Ronson kettle about 30 years ago.
At midnight I woke up that someone is banging my door.
Thick, black smoke in my home...
What's wrong???
There is fire in your home!
Where???
Nothing is burning...
Then checking the kitchen.
There was a hole on the table under the kettle.
It almost burned itself through the plastic top and the table.
Freshly painted walls were black.
Curtains, venetian blinds black...
Everything black.
The flat was already sold, I was waiting for the settlement.
Had to paint the walls, clean the venetian blinds...
Grrr... But I survived, thanks for my neighbor.
(Smoke detectors were rare that time)
foxidrive
Retired Admin
That's the huge PITA ,once you're not going to cark it.
It was a good thing that misi lived that day.
Speaking about surviving: I once slept over at a house on a trundle bed and the lady put the heater on in the early AM as it was Winter, and went out to the kitchen presumably to make a 1/2 dozen boiled yeggs in the egg cooker.
The only drawback to this is that I'd neatly draped my woolen jumper over some furniture before going to bed. It turned out to be the heater that my jumper was neatly draped over and I awoke coughing my lung out, with the room filled with black smoke. I somehow got over to the window and hung my head outside for a while - just breathing. I must be allergic that that stuff.
foxidrive
Retired Admin
The problem was that it had lost the OS, and booting in the firmware-flash mode from USB fixed it. Phew!
...it's funny that nobody commented on this - do you really think I eat 6 eggs?What would you do? I like the way the cooker makes me 6 eggs for a snack
misi
Growing Little Guru
I suspected that it's only half ofdo you really think I eat 6 eggs?
I would eat 6.. If I like it, can never stop till all gone. 
misi
Growing Little Guru
I could eat six, many years ago.
Just don't make the mistake and mix it with baked beans!
[Mr. Burns] Excellent! [/Mr. Burns]
I had absolutely no doubt. Why do you ask Tudogs?...it's funny that nobody commented on this - do you really think I eat 6 eggs?
I could eat six, many years ago.
Just don't make the mistake and mix it with baked beans!
Haha... I don't like Baked Beans..
It looks like we are at the corner of Cool Hand Luke Street and Blazing Saddles Boulevard.