12-10-2015, 09:15 AM
OK Rob. I'll heed your advice since you know 10,000 times more about this stuff than I do. 
Too late for the one broken brick though because I've already glued her back together. I'm glad I pulled it all apart though because I also found that the heat had turned the insulation on the heating element wires into powder. It disintegrated from the wires just blowing the dust and crumbs out of the shell. Just two bare wires (240V) sitting real close to a metal case.
I'll get everything cleaned up and replace the insulation on the wires, and feel better about not finding it later the hard way in the form of a short circuit. No worries - it will go back together and look proper again. I hope...
Too late for the one broken brick though because I've already glued her back together. I'm glad I pulled it all apart though because I also found that the heat had turned the insulation on the heating element wires into powder. It disintegrated from the wires just blowing the dust and crumbs out of the shell. Just two bare wires (240V) sitting real close to a metal case.
I'll get everything cleaned up and replace the insulation on the wires, and feel better about not finding it later the hard way in the form of a short circuit. No worries - it will go back together and look proper again. I hope...
Willie