Mates bread maker stopped working so I had a look inside and saw this burned resistor.

I’m guessing the heat changed the colors a bit so wondering if anyone has experience in reading cooked resistor values.

I removed it from the PCB and measured it at 403 Ohms.

Thanks for any help.

  • @[email protected]OPEnglish
    6•1 year ago

    Thanks! I’ll try replacing it with a 490 ohm resistor and see if it works again.

    The element in the bread maker looks like it came loose a bit and made slight contact with the internal metal housing. I wonder if that caused the resistive element to sink more current than the PCB was designed for, burning out the resistor.

    • @[email protected]English
      4•1 year ago

      That sounds like a possible fail state. Also shitty design. It should use a resettable thermal fuse or something to detect faults without parts burning.

      Consider maybe adding a fuse to the design?

    • @zikEnglish
      1•1 year ago

      You’ll need a fairly high wattage resistor. That one looks like maybe 1W but it might be more.