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If anyone is looking to buy one, I recently bought a restored Sunbeam T-20 from timstoasters.com and love it. He even replaced the plug with a polarized one.

deskamess 5y ago
Where exactly is the buy page? I see everything but that!
- malleefowl 5y ago
  I just used the form at timstoasters.com/order and said I was looking to buy instead of restore. I agree it could be easier to find!
  - deskamess 5y ago
    Thanks for the info. How was pricing? I assume it has be on the high side given the restoration.
    - malleefowl 5y ago
      Mine was $360 with shipping. Obviously very high compared to a new toaster, but I wouldn’t have wanted to do the wiring myself, so worth it for me.
      - dangle1 5y ago
        Holy cow. We have one of these handed down to us. After learning how to calibrate the springs, it runs great. Didn't realize how much wealth it created for us as well.
      - maccard 5y ago
        It's high, but not unreasonably so, compared to a decent modern toaster. For example, a dualit 4 slice toaster is £200/$260. Pretty much everyone I know who has one is happy with it, and it meets modern safety standards out of the box.
t0mas88 5y ago
What are polarised plugs? The article also mentions it but I have no idea what it is and why it's safer.
- will0 5y ago
  Without a polarised plug it means current can 'flow' the 'wrong' way through the toaster, backwards through the heating coils. Which is to say when the toaster is plugged in but off, the heating coils could still be live, and touching them would shock you.
  - t0mas88 5y ago
    Ah, European standard plugs don't have that. I guess that makes it mandatory to have the power switch interrupt both wires, at least that's what lamps here tend to have.
- dlgeek 5y ago
  Polarized plugs have one of the prongs bigger than the other and will only fit one way into an outlet. This ensures that you actually know which wire is hot and which wire is neutral and can ensure the switch controls hot (the power source) rather than neutral (the power return).
  - ygra 5y ago
    Not every country even has polarized plugs, though. The concept was new to me too at a time. The German Schuko plug for example is unpolarized, as is the euro plug, so there's no polarized plug options here.

deskamess 5y ago

Where exactly is the buy page? I see everything but that!

malleefowl 5y ago
I just used the form at timstoasters.com/order and said I was looking to buy instead of restore. I agree it could be easier to find!
- deskamess 5y ago
  Thanks for the info. How was pricing? I assume it has be on the high side given the restoration.
  - malleefowl 5y ago
    Mine was $360 with shipping. Obviously very high compared to a new toaster, but I wouldn’t have wanted to do the wiring myself, so worth it for me.
    - dangle1 5y ago
      Holy cow. We have one of these handed down to us. After learning how to calibrate the springs, it runs great. Didn't realize how much wealth it created for us as well.
    - maccard 5y ago
      It's high, but not unreasonably so, compared to a decent modern toaster. For example, a dualit 4 slice toaster is £200/$260. Pretty much everyone I know who has one is happy with it, and it meets modern safety standards out of the box.

t0mas88 5y ago

What are polarised plugs? The article also mentions it but I have no idea what it is and why it's safer.

will0 5y ago
Without a polarised plug it means current can 'flow' the 'wrong' way through the toaster, backwards through the heating coils. Which is to say when the toaster is plugged in but off, the heating coils could still be live, and touching them would shock you.
- t0mas88 5y ago
  Ah, European standard plugs don't have that. I guess that makes it mandatory to have the power switch interrupt both wires, at least that's what lamps here tend to have.
dlgeek 5y ago
Polarized plugs have one of the prongs bigger than the other and will only fit one way into an outlet. This ensures that you actually know which wire is hot and which wire is neutral and can ensure the switch controls hot (the power source) rather than neutral (the power return).
- ygra 5y ago
  Not every country even has polarized plugs, though. The concept was new to me too at a time. The German Schuko plug for example is unpolarized, as is the euro plug, so there's no polarized plug options here.