[Sca-cooks] OOP -- Does anyone own an Oster Kitchen Center?

[Sandra J. Kisner]

> Sandra asked:
>> I still have my parents' Mixmaster.
>
> Was/is this the unit made/sold by Sunbeam? This sounds like it might
> be similar to the one my mother has or had.

Yup, that's it.

> That's the best approach. I'm surprised he couldn't figure out how to
> replace the cord. That would usually seem to be an easy thing to do,
> but then I'm an electronics engineer, not a electrician. You might
> see if a local appliance repair place can do better. These older
> appliances are often worth working on because they were often more
> durable than the current models.
>
> It is the interior wires which are important. The outer
> covering is just to protect them from being touched and from each
> other. *If* the inner wires are sound this would work. The inner
> wires should be black (live), white (neutral) and green (frame
> ground). Or if you can get into the outer case but just not up to
> where the electrical lines connect to the motor and such, you might
> consider just splicing in a new cord to the old cord, keeping the
> color coding the same. (black to black, white to white) If you can't
> get into the casing and the wires you can get to are sound, then you
> can splice into the wires on the outside, it just won't be as neat.
> Make sure the electrical cord you splice on is just as heavy a gauge
> wire and if the old cord is a three wire cord, use a three wire cord.

I was afraid to peel away more to check out the wires (and didn't ask him
to); the casing seems to be one entire piece.  We couldn't find any way
into the outer case at all - the head seemed to be one seamless piece!

> Stefan

Sandra