Broken Toaster/Oven -- Part 2 -- replacement timer arrived...

The replacement timer came in the mail today.

The part came from Florence, Kentucky.

When I worked for Toyota, I made many visits to Erlanger, Kentucky; basically the same area as Florence (Cincinnati suburb).

The Main North American Quality Center for Toyota was in Erlanger.

Since the reorganization (about 6 years ago -- I left Toyota about 5.5 years ago...), I don't know how/where the main quality group is now organized or where it's been moved to...

I know one guy I used to work with who moved to Plano, TX, and has since retired and moved back to his house in SoCal...

Also visited the Toyota plant in Kentucky several times.  They built the Camry & Avalon and had just added the Lexus ES350 when I left the company...  Seems like a lifetime ago...

Visually, the new timer looks pretty much the same as the old one (a few minor manufacturing differences on the outside).

Will probably install it this weekend and reassemble the unit.  Hopefully it will go back together OK and work...

 

Noisy bathroom ventilation fan -- Part 2 of 2

The new unit arrived (Amazon).

No labels on the unit.

The motor has a label (made in Vietnam).

The original motor was rated at 1.3A at 1625 RPM.

This one is rated at 0.48A at 1620 RPM.

I think the difference is the energy efficiency of the motor.

At 1620 RPM, the air flow rate should be the same (about 110 CFM).

The "cage" bracket for the motor is spot welded to the base plate on both ends with three spots.

The original unit also was spot weleded with three spots.

This unit has a soft start feature that the original didn't.

The grey item appears to be a capacitor for the soft start.

Side view of the unit.

The markings on the plastic fan appear to be exactly the same as the old unit's...

Applying two sided tape to the flanges.

Then, applied a Teflon tape on top of the double sided tape (for better adhesion).  The idea is to put something between the metal flanges and the metal housing to prevent any rattles from metal-to-metal contact.

The double sided tape on the left and the Teflon tape on the right...

Unit as installed.  It's a little bit quieter than the old unit.

The big difference is that the old unit would make an abnormal metallic noise.  The noise was intermittent but present most of the time...

No more metallic rattle noise.

The new plastic cover for the unit should arrive tomorrow (also Amazon).

This is the old cover.

It's not broken but the metal retaining springs are heavily corroded and the plastic has yellowed and stained...