Where can I purchase a lower heating element for the Sanyo skwa2s toaster oven?

If I have the model number correct ... that is a fairly deep oven that has multiple heating elements. One of your elements may have died, resulting in lower temperatures.

Replacement heating elements are not available generally (and it is impossible to open the unit) because the lawyers told them it is too risky.

Sorry.

first you need to find out if its the elements or /broken wire feed /or cut out....Get a parts price 1st elements vary in cost average perhaps £30....plus labour, depending on age may not be worth it...cheers

your heating element has gone bad or there is some bad wiring in the oven itself

to check open up the toaster oven and look at the wires coming from the heating elements inside to the timer on the front panel if there is no bad wiring then the heating elements are bad and the toaster oven needs to be replaced

Oster 6233 toaster oven top heating elements don't work

The elements are not orderable, but you can call Cuisinart with your serial number - the product has a 3-year warranty, and that is definitely a defect - will they glow if you put them on Toaster setting?

-Tha Mp3 Doctor

I investigated further (took it apart again to satisfy my curiosity) and it appears that one of the top heating elements (the front one) is open (burnt out). I cannot see an easy way to replace it (contacts are spot welded) and I can't find a place to buy the element. If I could it probably won't be worth it since a new oven costs $25 at Target (B&D TR0490W). Too bad since the oven looks like new. I assume the upper elements burn out more frequently because heat rises from the lower elements and adds extra heat at the top.

take notice of the local repairers
if they say parts are hard to come by , a DIY will have even more trouble
junk it and get a new one

The upper element for AS690 is part# 512623
Thw lower element for AS690 is Part# 512624
Available at www.nelsonappliance.com/Toaster+Oven+Parts.html
or
http://abtecparts.com/delonghi_toaster_oven_elements.htm

I think this is a common problem with these kind of toaster ovens. Mine isn't a Toastmaster - mine is Cook's Essentials (from QVC), and my upper elements have also warped and split, although mine are curved downwards.