Does the heating coil in my BOV800 toaster oven need to be insulated

BOB BROWER

• 267 Answers
• Posted on Feb 25, 2009

SOURCE: sunbeam toaster oven upper heating coil not working

the part (element) cannot be bought , its connectors are welded into place ........ if you realy love your oven , you can get one by shopping in a goodwill store for a used oven and cut the element out and cut and weld the element into your oven ........ this does work ,i have done it

SOURCE: Krups 296 Toaster Oven will not heat

Fusible link inside the unit is probably broken.

SOURCE: Our toaster oven smokes and

We faced this "burning insulation smell" issue with our Europro oven.

It turned out to be the timer switch overheating. The best thing is to throw the oven away, unless you want to invest a lot of time. To fix, take off all the screws from the back, then pull out the rubber feet from the bottom, and remove all screws from there. The cover should now come off. (I assume you have the oven unplugged, of course).
Pull off the knob on the timer switch. This revels two screws, which you remove, and the timer switch should be free. You should now be able to get your hands in and remove the wires from the timer switch contacts. If one or both wires looks a little burned, throw the switch away. Else, put the knob back on the timer switch, and turn it on by turning clockwise. Use a DVM to measure resistance of the switch. If it is more than 1 ohm, the switch is bad. There is no amount of cleaning that will fix it. You will need to get a new switch. As others have noted here, it's hard to find the exact replacement, unless you want to order thousands. If you order the one that people say will work, note that you may have to get a new knob, file down the terminals to fit, and tap new mounting holes. Not impossible, but a pain.