Fixing rice cooker E1 error
This is a $20 rice cooker from Taobao which stopped working with an E1 error just when we had family over for dinner.
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Starting from the bottom (which was the wrong side).
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But pulled it all apart anyway. It’s actually quite a tidy unit.
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Bottom looked ok so trying the lid now which was just held on with plastic tabs.
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Ah, here is the culprit. Looks like the ribbon broke from fatigue.
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Soldered it back and checking for continuity.
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Wrapped back up in the heat-shield housing.
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Fixed!
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