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Originally Posted by M_Six
Looks like a great toaster. Have to look into one of those.
A quick note about toaster safety, though. We once had a simple drop-in toaster like the ones shown in this thread. They work by compressing a spring to engage the heating element. When the temp reaches a certain point, the latch releases and the spring pushes the tray back up, thereby cutting the heat. Our toaster would sit under the cabinets until we needed it and then we'd slide it out and make our toast. When it cooled, we'd slide it back under the cabinets. We never unplugged it, though. One day, Wifey was working in the kitchen when she smelled something burning. She found the toaster, which was under the cabinets, was super hot and heating the bottom of the cabinets. She unplugged it and pulled it out. After it cooled, we found that the spring had corroded and fallen apart, so the tray dropped to the bottom and engaged the heating element. It never would have turned off, because there was no spring left to push the tray back up. If she hadn't been in the kitchen or if we had been out of the house, we would have had a nasty fire.
TL;DR - Always unplug your toaster when it's not being used.
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At one of my jobs early on I had to go in really early on certain days... like 5am or 6am or something like that. One of those day I get there and put pop tarts or something to toast and go do some other stuff.
I was using the copier or fax machine when I suddenly hear this loud noise. I'm like damn this is the loudest fax machine I've ever heard. Then a huge gust of winds starts coming through the office building (inside) now I'm like WTF is going here. Then finally I smell burnning.... oh shit my poptart!!!
I run to the kitchen area to find what I'm guessing was the building maintenance guy standing there. He's like some jerk burnt their pop tarts and it triggered the fire alarm. I just looked at him and was like "Unbelievable! Some people!" and walked away. I'm guessing the wind I felt was part of the fire system.
Anyways I'd toasted pop tarts in that toaster a million times so my guess is something on it broke and it just never popped. They got rid of the toaster after that day and never got another one.
