Oster Digital Electric Kettle BVST-EK5967 Thermal Cutoff Fuse Replacement

Step 1 Thermal Cutoff Fuse



• This is an Oster Digital Electric Kettle
Step 2 Remove the bottom




• Remove the three screws. They are tri-wing or triangular slotted screws. My set labeled them as number 4.
• Once removed the plastic cover comes right off.
Step 3 Find the Thermal Cutoff Fuse
• The Thermal Cutoff Fuse is pressed up against the heat element by a spring clip.
• Remove the screw, a standard number 2 phillips head.
• Slide the fiberglass sleeve down and off the fuse
Step 4 Test the fuse
• With ohm meter connected either way the fuse is open. A sure sign that the part is bad.
Step 5 Verify the new fuse
• Testing the new fuse shows that electricity can flow through it.
• I purchased 5x of SF188E 192 10A/250V SEFUSE on ebay. You can just search for whatever is written on the side of yours.
Step 6 Replace the fuse
• Replace the fuse. The black band is down in this picture.
• The difficult part is that this part is not soldered in, it is held together with a crimp band.
• So one must slowly open the band and then crimp it back on the new fuse.
• I really have no good way of doing this, and it is the most time consuming and frustrating part of the whole repair. Take your time with a pick and pliers and slowly open them and replace the fuse.
Step 7 Put all back together
• Now just slide the fiberglass sleeve back over the fuse.
• Reattach the spring clip to hold the fuse on the heat element.
• Make sure that the clip is directly over the fuse before tightening.
• Replace the plastic cover and install the three tri-wing screws.
Step 8 Try it out
• Plug it back in and see if it heats water.

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