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Pizzele maker
Ed Pawlowski wrote:
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> "Pete C." > wrote in message
> >
> > What exactly died in the old one? There isn't much to them and what
> > could potentially die is pretty easy to repair or replace. Power cord,
> > thermostat, heating element is about it and all can be readily sourced
> > from an appliance parts place.
> >
> > Too many folks are stuck in the wasteful "just throw it out and get a
> > new one" mentality. I'm no tree hugger, but I'll only throw something
> > out and replace it in two cases, first if the dead item was inadequate
> > to begin with, or second if a repair is truly hopeless.
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> The old one is repaired. It was the power cord inside the unit that became
> brittle with years of use I was able to cut the cord, strip the end,
> replace the protective sleeves and crank it up again. I'm not so sure how
> long it will last once I stressed the connectors on the heating elements,
> thus the new one.
Good to hear it was repaired 
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