Cheap heating elements out of a toaster oven DIY

Third safety tip of the day ... pull cords out of outlets by their strain relief or housing, not by the cable. You can eventually get a fireball at the outlet/plug if enough strands of wire are broken on a high wattage "thing". Ask me how I know.

The toaster also has a mechanical timer that can be salvaged. The voltage converter can also be used for various projects such as heating nichrome wire, used as a dimmer switch motor speed convertor etc.

Hilarious - "The how-to for the industrial vacuum former will come out in ahhh, um, 😶,..., Thanks for watching!" 😂 love it:)

Nice heater elements

Thank you. I've also got a junk toaster oven that I am cannibalizing for parts. Glad to see how straightforward it's going to be. 😁😁

Be safe in your tinkering journey... Remember that some items (Capacitors) have stored energy that need to be discharged before you start handling them. It could be lethal if not discharged properly.

I had brutally salvaged a similar oven sometime ago and after I got some tidbit knowledge in electronics I felt empty when I could have just replaced the faulty nichrome loop and clipped to a working timer😭.

with the heating elements could the be used to heat up water for a bread proofing box

Were do you buying the bulb … please LMO

My toaster had the same problem, so what issue n repair the broken toaster? Since your video the heater element is working fine but why it did not work?

Is it possible to still use this without the other bulb? Will it not explode? I accidentally broke the upper bulb :(

Excellent video, one constructive piece of advice tho; Maybe next time keep the hillbilly wire splices off of anything that could -I don’t know, say….. become electrified and bar-b-q the unsuspecting DIYer. I was cringing the whole time when I saw the splice resting on the edge of the metal housing, electricity can be a little jokester and wont necessarily stay where we want it to or expect it to stay. It likes to cheat by jumping and arcing it’s way to the easiest and quickest route to ground. (Okay so it’s only 120 and won’t “bar-b-q” anyone, lol, but you get what I mean).

Is it possible to modify (safely) a working toaster oven with quartz heating elements, for use a pre heater for a laptop m/b reflow project? Not to use the whole oven, just the lower heating area, maybe add one extra element for even heat distribution. Thanks

Great tutorial.. i do not know your name... But thank you!

Will the quartz tube explode if there's a chip in it?

I have an old toaster oven from at least 15 years ago and been using it the last 4 years. I wanted a bigger one so i could cook with a lager pyrex rectangle dish for frozen meals. A 59 dollar one brand new from Wally world at Christmas time 2019. I tried to cook with it a few times however the TASTE OF THE FOOD WAS TERRIBLE..metal taste ..like what a cheap chinese heating element or that diffuser made with some cheap alloy to save a few pennies. IDK. But I am back to my old one for now. This video kinda makes me want to scour old garage sales for an element and diffuser from an old one and put it into the new box..I don't know. I am not a metallurgist but somethings ruins the taste of the food.. Any ideas greatly appreciated.

Could that heat element could be use for making a electric melting furnace. Diy

So no copper.oh well.

Are the filament in parallel or in series ?

Hi ..nice video ..may I know wherer to buy this Heating element?