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Our sandwich press died and after fixing a few iphones and imac’s i figured how hard could it be? If it works I might put together a guide for the repair :-) doesn’t look to hard! So far I have pulled it apart and found a connection which is broken preventing the circuit from being completed as shown in the photos. I cleaned off the damaged connection and put it in place and plugged it in and the light came on! Any suggestions where I would buy the special cable and connections? Do you think I need to desolder the existing connection and put a new one on? It looks like a clamping type for securing the cable in place? Any special tools you think I might need to complete the fix?
Reuben Richardson, that is a simple spade connector. Remove the connector from the heating element. You may have to use some pliers to pull the old connector off. Get a new connector from any hardware or decent department store (they have the crimping tool for those as well. Place the wire end in the connector and use the tool to crimp the end of the connector. Here is a decent video
Hey Reuben - hope this can still get through - after all you query was in 2014. Hey I have a similar sandwich press that has stopped working. Query - to get to intrrnals of bottom plate there seems to be just one screw. It seems very tight as if there is a lock but on inside and it feels like I will wreck it if forced too much. Any suggestions of how you opened the thing up before I damage it??? Will see how I can add photos to this Ifixit thing. cheers. Rohan.
