Comments on: How I Fixed My Broken Rice Cooker: The Complete Illustrated Instructions

By: karimkhan666

karimkhan666 — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 09:24:38 +0000

hey bro you just made my day, guys like you are great, i love to do things myself rather then giving it to these service centres. who charge you a bomb for their service, small things which you can do it your self makes sense to do at home, complicated stuff then seek the pros.

By: H

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 08:15:51 +0000

Thank you so much! What a fantastic step by step tutorial. You really did a great job and I just fixed my rice cooker by following your steps exactly. My friends and even the hardware store clerks told me it was too much trouble to find the fuse replacement and just to buy a new rice cooker but it would be so silly to throw out the rice cooker when it just takes a 15 min fix!
Thanks again – luv your website.
Hil

By: PBX

PBX — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 03:00:18 +0000

Wow! That’s a real cool tutorial! I would definitely try it out on our home’s rice cooker!

By: SilverColibri

SilverColibri — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 13:29:45 +0000

Thank you for the superb tutorial! I have just managed fixing my rice cooker! I thought I could use my engineering skills and try ;) I just couldn’t figure out what the problem was, thanks to your pictures I discovered the fuse! and I thought it must the fuse, everything else looked good. I didn’t have a multimeter so I took a chance and replaced the fuse ;) and VOILA! it worked! I reused a fuse from another old rice cooker where the teflon in the pot started coming off and sticking to the rice.. so that’s health hazard.. so I combined the two and got a perfectly functioning rice cooker!
Cheers from Sweden!

By: JC

JC — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 20:15:26 +0000

Many thanks! I live down the road in Union City and needed to fix my rice steamer. I found the part at Fry’s for under $2 and it now works fine. Great article!

By: Loving my multimeter

Loving my multimeter — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 15:15:13 +0000

In my case my rice cookers thermal fuse was fine – the DIODES in the the wires that lead to the light bulbs were in need of replacement. How did i know? 1) I tested the thermal fuse as this web page suggested. The continuity test for all wires came back with a beep including the cord that plugs into the wall outlet. 2) i tested each wire length individually and the only 2 that did not beep were wires that lead to the light bulbs (that light up the “cooking” , “warm” or “done” indicator lights). 3) I noticed that the 2 sheathed wires that had not continuity had strange bumps along their lengths. I cut the sheaths off and the “bumps” turned out to be diodes (diodes cost pennies to replace) 4. I tested for continuity along the wire both before the diode (BEEP!) and after the diode (NO BEEP!).

I’ll be replacing the diodes to make sure that this indeed is the problem but the internal mechanisms in a rice cooker are surprisingly simple (even for me who is an beginner when it comes to electronics at best). There are only so many things that can break or wear out. I’m confident that this is the cause. I ran a continuity test on other diodes i have (for another project) and they beeped so i’m 99% sure this is the problem .

Thank you for this page! I hope that my information helps others as your information helped me :)

By: binnu

binnu — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 15:16:15 +0000

how much it cost if we give to customer serviuce for repair?

By: StevenCoble

StevenCoble — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 18:49:28 +0000

I’ve learned a lot from this. Now I can fix my rice cooker on my own that easy. Thanks!

http://www.ricecooker5cup.com/

By: Rice Cooker 5 Cup

Rice Cooker 5 Cup — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 18:42:43 +0000

I’ve learned a lot from this. Now fixing rice cooker by my own is easy. Thanks!

http://www.ricecooker5cup.com/

By: angelranger

angelranger — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 18:27:57 +0000

My waffle maker had the same problem. Matter of fact 99% of these electric appliances have a thermal fuse which seems set to blow and make us buy a new one. Coffee makers, hair dryers, frypans. Ha Ha! Costs all of $1.98 to buy a fuse. I bought three just in case…two left over.
Thanks for the excellent photo and explanations.
Junior Mr. Fix It – Chicago