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From: JXS118@psuvm.psu.edu (Jeff Siegel)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Help Identify this part
Message-ID: <91033.142929JXS118@psuvm.psu.edu>
Date: 2 Feb 91 19:29:29 GMT
Organization: Penn State University
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My friend has an appliance that heats 2 cups of water for coffee or tea
that stopped working. The diagram of the appliance is such:

                     --------------------        -----------
Power cord >---------| Power switch &   |--------| Unknown |
                     | Thermal cutoff?  |        -----------
                     --------------------             |
                             /------------------------+
                             |                        |
                     ------------------        -----------------
                     | Neon Indicator |        |  Heating Coil |
                     ------------------        -----------------
                             |                        |
Power cord <-----------------+------------------------/

I think the power switch has a thermal cutoff in it since the switch has
a metal can that is pressed against the bottom of the heating cup. The
unknown device reminds me of a high-current diode ( It is a cylinder with
radial leads ) that says:

Patented
Microtemp (R)

4333A1
SXPK169C

What is it and where can I get a replacement?

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