Meat Tender needed

[nicholasbe...@hotmail.com]

Hello everyone.

  Well, I couldn't get my Meat Tender to work after restoring my 1960 Flair (yes...I actually have an original working probe) so I went in today to see what was wrong.  Found I'd inverted 2 cables in the probe receptacle and sure enough, the Meat Tender came to life.

  Only to watch a bright flash and puff of smoke emerge from it shortly after...it's fried.  Probably my fault but that's the way it goes.

  If anyone has another for sale or knows someone that can repair mine, please let me know...it's the only thing that is 'still' not working despite having it working for 2 brief minutes.  So sad.

Thanks

[nicholasbe...@hotmail.com]

UPDATE

  Since my unit was definitely burned, I decided there was nothing to lose if i opened it...so I did.

  Opening the unit required the drilling of a rivet.  This was drilled only enough to get the mechanism off...allowing the rivet head to remain in the unit (it's visible in the face of the MeatTender).

  Sure enough, heater HA was totally cooked and now an open circuit.  Access to the heater wire required the drilling of yet another rivet. I managed to get to the heater wire and unwind it off the bimetal strip.  Thankfully the break in the wire was at the soldering point which left the entire wire intact. 

 

  This is where the tricky part came in...determining the type of wire.  Using length, gauge and resistance, I figured it out to be enamelled NiChrome 60 resistance wire, SWG 40 (not AWG). 

  I rewound the heater HA exactly as it was and reassembled everything...the drilled rivet to access the heater was replaced with a special 'nut'/bolt. 

  My Meat Tender is now working perfectly again.  Its precision also checked out within 10F. 

  If anyone would like a how-to write-up with photos I'd be glad to prepare one.  I also have 48ft of NiChrome wire left (minimum order was 50ft; MeatTender only requires 1ft)...I'd be glad to send out the required 1ft pieces until the roll runs out.

  If anyone needs their MeatTender repaired but doesn't want to attempt the repair, I'd be happy to help...

I am so happy to have my Tender back!!!

[whatt...@aol.com]

Excellent work Nicholas!!! Congratulations!!!

Have you hugged your Flair today?

Carol

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[nicholasbe...@hotmail.com]

You know it!

Despite being a vegetarian and will likely never use the MeatTender, I'm so glad to have it back and the range whole again.

BTW, for the record, the HeatMinder uses the same wire and 'technology' which makes it repairable too...so that everyone knows.