11-04-2014, 10:41 AM
The leak is obviously caused by a failure of insulation - somewhere. 
This being a toaster, it might just be due to something - perhaps a piece of food - that has become jammed between one element (or more than one) and the earthed metalwork or across a pair of L and N terminals inside the item. Apart from giving the toaster a really good shake when it is held upside down to try to remove that item, the next consideration is to dismantle the item and inspect its insides. And with toasters, that is usually a problem, on account of the security screws that are often used and the general 'method of assembly'. I would spend 30 minutes investigating along these lines and then stop if continued attempts at analysis are thwarted: any more time thus spent is not cost-effective. There is also a possibility of a defective capacitor in the timer circuit. But again the question arises: can I get to that item without an inordinate amount of time and trouble?
Items like toasters are a classic example of short-lived, throw-away items.
Al.
This being a toaster, it might just be due to something - perhaps a piece of food - that has become jammed between one element (or more than one) and the earthed metalwork or across a pair of L and N terminals inside the item. Apart from giving the toaster a really good shake when it is held upside down to try to remove that item, the next consideration is to dismantle the item and inspect its insides. And with toasters, that is usually a problem, on account of the security screws that are often used and the general 'method of assembly'. I would spend 30 minutes investigating along these lines and then stop if continued attempts at analysis are thwarted: any more time thus spent is not cost-effective. There is also a possibility of a defective capacitor in the timer circuit. But again the question arises: can I get to that item without an inordinate amount of time and trouble?
Items like toasters are a classic example of short-lived, throw-away items.
Al.
