Repairing my hand immersion blender. - Original Post from @jose27117 for Steemit.

in #technology6 years ago


Hello my dear steemians.

We know that a immersion mixer is simply a much more practical blender, with which we can liquefy food in small quantities in any container. Its functionality is very simple, you have to leave the desired speed button pressed to keep it on.


There are different types of designs depending on the makes and models. The immersion blender I'll show you today is a relic, that is, it has some years in the family.

About 2 days ago, my mom wanted to use the immersion blender after a long time of little to no use, but it turns out that when she plugged it in it gave off an internal spark and it didn't turn on. And as you can guess I had to repair the failure, because of the knowledge I have about home appliances repairs.


Now let's proceed with the steps on getting it fixed:

1. This product has a screw on the top, which must be removed to open the lid.


2. Once the cover is removed, we can see some complete components such as the speed switch and the ignition button. We can't see the engine because it’s at the bottom (in this case we won't see it, because the failure was not in that part).



- According to what my mother told me about the spark that was emitted, it is because there was probably a problem with the cable. The strands of the cables often separate and cause this kind of breakdown.


3. We check the cable with a continuity test. Indeed, the device indicates that there was a cut in the internal filaments.



- As for the repair there are two options, the first is the placement of a new cable and the second is the repair of the same cable. Since the tester helped me to detect that the cut of the cable strands was near the connection welds to the internal parts, I did not have to replace it with a new cable.


4. The cable is cut a little lower from the damaged part, the part to be welded is stripped and with great caution we proceed to weld it.>


5. Once the above procedure has been completed, testing is required before closing the product. The moment I did the tests I could tell that the product was stuck, i.e. it was starting and then slowly stopping.


- Normally when the equipment is stored and not cleaned properly, food residue dries up and creates a kind of mass that prevents the correct rotation of the spinning shaft.


6. I proceeded to close the immersion blender, but I had to take one more step.

7. To unlock the axle, I simply put in a special oil formula and let it seep for a while, also manually turn the axle so that the formula would go in better. This is how I got the product to rotate correctly (in cases where the oil formula does not work, you have to open the blender completely and clean the rotation axis with fine sandpaper).


This way I was able to revive my immersion blender with some simple procedures, which I hope you will find useful at some point.



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