Dr Mike
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My buffalo behave flawlessly for the first 9 brews and then started doing this a couple of brews ago (the element was spotless). It was the thermal cutout switch not the thermostat.
So I've detached the thermal switch from the element and taped it out of the way with lots of electrical insulation tape (taking care to fully tape over the contacts). I then tried to replace the thermal fuse with a higher rated one but managed to make a pigs ear of attaching it so ended up bypassing it altogether.
So my buffalo now has effectively no thermal safety protection for the element. The thermostat is still in place but that takes it's temperature reading away for the element. I'm relatively comfortable with it as, firstly, the electrical safety (earth, fuses) are unaffected and secondly it is not something I would leave switched on unattended. I also plan to take the base off and give the wiring an inspection before every brew.
Others copy at you own risk !
So I've detached the thermal switch from the element and taped it out of the way with lots of electrical insulation tape (taking care to fully tape over the contacts). I then tried to replace the thermal fuse with a higher rated one but managed to make a pigs ear of attaching it so ended up bypassing it altogether.
So my buffalo now has effectively no thermal safety protection for the element. The thermostat is still in place but that takes it's temperature reading away for the element. I'm relatively comfortable with it as, firstly, the electrical safety (earth, fuses) are unaffected and secondly it is not something I would leave switched on unattended. I also plan to take the base off and give the wiring an inspection before every brew.
Others copy at you own risk !