Turned on coffee maker to brew, crackling noise from the hot plate and then smoke coming from the plate (inside of machine). Turned off coffee maker immediately. Have not turned it on since. Buy a new one or can this be fixed?
For the price I would just buy a new one. You can remove the the hot plate and replace the heating coils but the price on those would be just as much as getting a new machine, also it depends if the parts are available for it.
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Chances are pretty good that there is a broken electrical wire or non functioning switch inside the unit.
If you have a continuity meter you might try (with the unit unplugged) to dismantle the unit and check.
The rule is:
It's already broke, so if you can't fix it you're no worse off.
Use vinegar as water and soak over night. Use the same vinegar as water the next day as if brewing coffee. Then use fresh vinegar as if brewing coffee. Next use water several times until you don't smell the vinegar. Now try brewing a pot of coffee. good luck.
Are you sure that it isn't getting hot? I am having the same problem, but the plate is getting hot. I think there is a valve inside that prevents the machine from brewing once the plate reaches operating temp (so that the holding pot can't be overfilled). It's my assumption that it is stuck. Fill the reservoir with ice cold water and let it sit as long as possible. I let mine sit a day or two and the machine worked pretty well this whole week.
mine is not even a year old. I bought it 9 months ago.
I can't explain it but I bought that coffee maker on the 4th of Sept it is now the 23rd and I've been having that same issue for the past couple of days so I called the company! They are sending me out a new one for free. They didn't explain why the issue happened, or what the cause was but I guess it must mean the darn thing is dead if they didn't want me to send it in. They are also said they were out of stock on that item, so I don't know if there have been a lot of people calling for this problem or what but either way call them, they will most likely send you a new one!
It seems this coffeemaker insists on shutting itself off after 4 hours, or whatever "auto-off" time you've programmed in. The only work-around I've found is to switch it to "Brew" and cycle the power switch off and on every time you pour a cup. That will start a new 4-hour timer cycle. Since the pot's still hot, it will go quickly to the "brewing done" state and render 5 beeps.
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