How to repair the soup machine when it no longer heats up?
Your soup machine is no longer heating up? To enjoy homemade soups again, check the following parts. One of them is probably to blame for the failure of your soup maker!
THE POTENTIAL CAUSES FOR THIS FAULT:
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Faulty heating resistor
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Temperature sensor is faulty
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Thermal fuse or safety thermostat is out of service
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Power card malfunction
WARNING
Before you do anything to your appliance, make sure you disconnect it from the power supply.
There is a risk of electric shock.
Wear suitable protective gloves if you need to dismantle anything.
There is a risk of getting cut or injured.
The heating resistor is defective
The resistor is the heating element of your soup machine. It allows food to be cooked in the device. It is obvious that if this does not work, the food will remain cold. To test your resistor, disassemble the base of your device and use your multimeter, calibrating it to 200 Ohms. Unplug the resistor and place a key tip on each of its power terminals. You should find a value between 20 and 60 Ohms. If no value is displayed, it indicates that the resistor is defective and needs to be replaced. Often, you will need to replace the entire bowl (except the handle) which includes resistor and the thermostat.
The temperature sensor is faulty
The temperature sensor enables temperature regulation in the soup maker. Unfortunately, if this component no longer works, the device may no longer heat up. Check this part in the same way as the resistor, using the multimeter. The value that is obtained will tell you if the part is failing. However, the value can differ from one model to another. Do not hesitate to send us a comment with the technical reference of your device to know if it is a good reading or not.
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The thermostat or thermal fuse is defective
The thermal fuse or safety thermostat, depending on the model, is used to protect your device from possible overheating. If, unfortunately, this element remains in an open circuit there will be no more heating. It is quite easy to test your household appliance using a multimeter. Calibrate your tester to the ohmmeter position or 200 Ohms if it is manually calibrated. You need to find a low value of 0.1 Ohm. Otherwise, it indicates that the thermal fuse or safety thermostat is an open circuit (i.e. defective). You will need to replace this part to repair your soup machine. On some models, it is not sold alone but with the handle and its wiring.
A malfunction of the power card
The power board or electronic board is used to manage the power supply of the various components of the soup maker. If it no longer feeds the resistor, the device will no longer be able to heat and cook your vegetables to make soup. As it is not easy to test it, it is likely if none of the other solutions have worked that its replacement is necessary. You’ll be making soup again in no time.