Some back ground. I am not an electronics type at all other than being able to identify some components, most of the time.
My query stems from an incident this summer past, when we had a problem with a freezer, which required having to do a lot of cooking over a couple of days. This involved probably about 20 hours total but not continuous usage of a Crockpot, which stopped working.
Ultimately after taking the item apart, it was a burnt out element, so write off one Crockpot, that was only maybe four years old and normally only used several times over the course of a winter.
When I ripped out the control pad I found a chip and the rest of the PCB with fairly basic components and as there is no xformer, I assume the controls are 120v.
This particular Crockpot had a on/off and a button to change cooking times to four positions and warm.
So. Just wondering if it is possible the chip might in some manor, have functionality to burn out the element if say the unit is in operation over a certain amount time in a given period. I know,I know 'conspiracy' theory.
But in the manual, it specifically states the unit should not be used for commercial purposes, except it can't tell the difference between my problem above and something else. And to be honest, I sure wouldn't put it past any corporate entity to do something like this. Just look at Volkswagen.
After all my hot air. The chip is marked 'HOLMES' 'HE-100B' ' R1014' with 18 pins.
If you are tempted to reply by lambasting me for wasting members time, then don't bother, as you only wasting more and I won't read anything past the first sentence.
If you have something of interest, then Thank You it is appreciated.
L.S.
My query stems from an incident this summer past, when we had a problem with a freezer, which required having to do a lot of cooking over a couple of days. This involved probably about 20 hours total but not continuous usage of a Crockpot, which stopped working.
Ultimately after taking the item apart, it was a burnt out element, so write off one Crockpot, that was only maybe four years old and normally only used several times over the course of a winter.
When I ripped out the control pad I found a chip and the rest of the PCB with fairly basic components and as there is no xformer, I assume the controls are 120v.
This particular Crockpot had a on/off and a button to change cooking times to four positions and warm.
So. Just wondering if it is possible the chip might in some manor, have functionality to burn out the element if say the unit is in operation over a certain amount time in a given period. I know,I know 'conspiracy' theory.
But in the manual, it specifically states the unit should not be used for commercial purposes, except it can't tell the difference between my problem above and something else. And to be honest, I sure wouldn't put it past any corporate entity to do something like this. Just look at Volkswagen.
After all my hot air. The chip is marked 'HOLMES' 'HE-100B' ' R1014' with 18 pins.
If you are tempted to reply by lambasting me for wasting members time, then don't bother, as you only wasting more and I won't read anything past the first sentence.
If you have something of interest, then Thank You it is appreciated.
L.S.
