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Yes. The thermal fuse is incased in a browish/red cover and is held on to the boiler by a clamp that holds the thermostats on. Slide the fuse out from the clamp and slide the cover off the thermal fuse. Test with a ohms meter. If its bad you should get no reading. You can get a new 182c thermal fuse from Radio Shack, electronics store, or appliance store. If no luck there online espresso machine retailers like Seattle Coffee Gear, Whole-Latte-Love, 1st-Line should be able to help you. Do not try to solder the new fuse in. It has to be crimpwed on or it will blow again.
Hi bansheracer. Thanks for your prompt reply. I spent part of the weekend trying to understand your post. I looked at the top of the boiler and saw 2 reddish objects and 2 brownish objects. The reddish objects seem to be just the wiring connectors/terminals. If you can, please take a look at the 2 pictures I posted here (my flicker site):http://www.flickr.com/photos/56955074@N02/?saved=1
It seems to me that the 2 brownish objects are thermostat, or one of it is a thermostat. After removing the hex nuts, the thermostat clip/clamp, I was able to remove and take a close look at the brownish objects. The bottom part of these 2 brownish objects is metal, and there is thermal grease on the said bottom part and on the metal surface of the boiler cover. I suppose the purpose of the thermal grease is to enable better heat transfer so that the thermostats can accurately measure the heat? But the thermal fuse is not in plain sight. Do I need to remove the metal bottom of the brownish object to find the thermal fuse inside? I tried to pry it off a little, but it's not easy to remove this metal bottom, and I thought perhaps I should check it with you before really giving it a try (and may be breaking something inside the browish objects).
Again, thanks for your help.
The clamp that holds the thermostats on also holds the thermal fuse. The thermal fuse is under the middle finger at the end of the finger that sticks up a little. It should be a redish brown covered plastic cloth with wires coming out the ends. I can't get into your pictures to see what you are talking about.
Testing, to see where this comment is placed.
(To whom it may concern: I apologize if my posts are repeated in couple places. Fixya does not have a good structure for nested comments).
Hi bansheracer. In my machine, the clamp has 4 fingers, and the end of each finger would point up a little. The 4 fingers holds 3 objects to the surface of the boiler: 2 brown objects and 1 black object. Each brown object has a metal cap at the bottom, and there is thermal grease on the metal cap as well as on the steel surface of the boiler where the (brown) object is placed. The black object also has a metal part at the bottom, where there is also thermal grease. As I mentioned previously, I did not see any thermal fuse at all. Perhaps for this part, my Magic Cappuccino Plus machine differs with the machines that you have in mind. But I would appreciate if you can take a look at the pictures in the link below (I have reorganized my flicker site and tested to make sure that the public can access it.) Please also add comments to the pictures if that helps. Again, I'm grateful for your help.http://www.flickr.com/photos/56955074@N02/sets/72157626683435752/
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The clamp has 4 fingers. It held 3 objects to the surface of the boiler. These 3 objects are: 2 brown objects and one black object. Each brown object has a metal cap at the bottom, with thermal grease to facilitate heat transfer. The black object seems largely made of rubber or silicon; it does not have a metal cap at the bottom but there is thermal grease at the bottom so I guess there must be some metal part there. As I mentioned previously, I did not see a thermal fuse in any shape you described.
So, I guess for this part, my "Magic Cappuccino Plus" machine differs from the machine(s) that you have in mind. I have just arranged my flicker site and verify that it can be access by the public. I would appreciate if you can try to look at the pictures again, via the link below. Feel free to add comments to the picture if that helps. Again, I'm grateful.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/56955074@N02/sets/72157626683435752/
Hi bansheracer. In my machine, the clamp has 4 fingers, and the end of each finger would point up a little. The 4 fingers holds 3 objects to the surface of the boiler: 2 brown objects and 1 black object. Each brown object has a metal cap at the bottom, and there is thermal grease on the metal cap as well as on the steel surface of the boiler where the (brown) object is placed. The black object also has a metal part at the bottom, where there is also thermal grease. As I mentioned previously, I did not see any thermal fuse at all.
Perhaps for this part, my Magic Cappuccino Plus machine differs with the machines that you have in mind. But I would appreciate if you can take a look at the pictures in the link below (I have reorganized my flicker site and tested to make sure that the public can access it.) Please also add comments to the pictures if that helps. Again, I'm grateful for your help.http://www.flickr.com/photos/56955074@N02/sets/72157626683435752/
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