Electrical
Electric frying pans work by using a detachable heat control. This electrical unit controls the temperature of your frying pan by being in direct contact with the pan itself. The main problem with the heat control on electric frying pans is that food often spills onto and into the heat control and can cause problems. Here is how to fix your electric frying pan.
Instructions How to Fix an Electric Frying Pan
Things You'll Need:
Sandpaper
Contact cleaner
Brass brush
Volt-ohm meter
Steel wool
Point file
White bond paper
Step 1
Clean your heat control unit. Use sandpaper or a metal file or brush to remove any corrosion on the heating unit terminal pins. Clean terminals by using a contact cleaner and a small brass brush. Try turning on your unit and see if cleaning fixed the problem.
Step 2
Test your heating unit for continuity with a volt-ohm meter set on RX1. Touch the probes to each terminal pin. A reading of 10 to 30 ohms is normal if the unit is working fine. An infinity reading means that particular element is faulty and needs to be replaced. If the element can't be removed easily, the entire unit needs to be replaced.
Step 3
Use a volt-ohm meter set on RX1000 to test for ground fault. Hold one probe against each terminal pin while touching the other end to the metal part of your frying pan. A normal reading is infinity. If the reading moves toward zero ohms, that particular element is grounded and your frying pan needs to be replaced.
Step 4
Open the housing on your heat control unit. Use your volt-ohm meter set on RX1 to probe the thermostat terminals. Your meter should read near zero ohms with the control in the On position.
Step 5
Sand down the probes to remove any corrosion on your heating unit terminals. Polish the probe with steel wool and wipe it clean of food residue. Clean the contacts thoroughly with contact cleaner.
Step 6
Clean the burned or pitted contacts on your heat control with a point file. You can also burnish the contacts with a strip of white bond paper to clean them thoroughly.