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Introduction |
| The less than 4 year old, hardly used, soup-maker was brought into a repair cafe as it was completely dead when plugged into the mains socket. Perhaps this fault is common, judging by reviews and items for sale on ebay as 'not working/parts only' | | | The fault was found to be due to poor contacts between the lid and the jug, (as found doing continuity testing with a multimeter) .The solution was to spray the male connector with electrical contact cleaner, then join the lid to the jug about twenty times or more to clean the mating surfaces. | | | I suspect some soup had fallen down or was pushed down into the connector on the jug side and dried to give a non-conducting barrier. This is a bit of a fundamental design fault which is not highlighted in the instructions other than 'do not immerse in liquid'. | | | It is not possible to inspect the socket side of the connector as it is a sealed unit. | | | This repair should work on similar makes and models e.g. Morphy-Richards soup maker |
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