20 Most Recent Euro-Pro Shark GI490 Iron - Page 3 Questions & Answers

I had the same problem. The repair took less than 15 min. I opened the bottom of the iron and discovered what appears to be a design flaw on the cord holder/fastener. The holder is wedged so tight that it pinched the cord wire almost in half. I removed the cord, cut it off at the pinched spot and reinstalled. I also put a small piece of rubber onto the part of the holder that is made onto the body of the iron. In addition, I rotated the fastener cap so that the smooth side of it is against the cord.

Hi,Those types of problems are usually one of two things... the cord where is enters the iron, the wires are broken. Or the thermostat has gone bad...The iron will need to be taken apart and the wiring checked witha meter to find the problem for sure...heatman101

You'll have to remedy or better replace the cord. Just buy similar to hardware store and put it to your iron. It's simple to replace and you have to have a analog tester to be able to test the cord without plug-in to AC wall voltage.
Thanks for asking.

Here in fixya we do not sell or supply any replacing parts. Moreover in your case their is not any online shop that you can order online the button you need. Therefore your only chance to find the button you need is to find from the retail shop that you bought your iron the nearest repairing workshop where you can get the button you need.

Hello,

First thing you have to do is to check the power cable if it is okay, the power cable normally have fuse which you have to check, if otherwise you have to open the Iron to check for the faulty part, The Iron consists of three parts namely the element, the thermostat and the fuse, so check the one after the other with the use of a multimeter to which is bad or not in which it will be replaced...

Hope this will helpout in solving the problem....

Possible that the power cord is faulty if there is no indication at the iron. use a multimeter to check the continuity from the plug to the iron heating coil element.
it is possible that the coil has opened or the thermostat is defective.

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Here is a tip that I wrote about Electric Irons and why they do not heat....

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Here is a tip that I wrote about Electric Irons and why they do not heat....

Electric Ironnot Heating Up or not Working Right heatman101

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Hi, i think you are experiencing a faulty thermostat which is gradually failing to regulate the heat produced by the element in the iron beyond a certain level as you have said. Or it may also be as a result of the contact to the element at the base of the iron are broken which makes the high setting inaccessible...
Let an electrical technician check it out....