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Because I had to intervene multiple times after it had clearly been heating the pot continuously all day and the smell of burnt coffee was evident on the entire

Because I had to intervene multiple times after it had clearly been heating the pot continuously all day and the smell of burnt coffee was evident on the entire floor, I don't think it had any safety mechanisms remaining, if it ever had any. Worse, I personally watched one person see it as a problem, flip the switch assuming that would fix it, and walk away. I had to point out that the switch was not involved and was just a decoy. That made it even worse from a safety perspective.

kube-system 5y ago
> heating the pot continuously all day and the smell of burnt coffee was evident This is the expected operation of a basic coffee pot without an auto-shutoff timer. It should remain hot indefinitely, and as a result, any remaining coffee inside will start to smell bad. However, there is (from the factory, at least) a thermostat that will regulate the temperature at the normal operational temperature, and thermal safety fuse(s) that will permanently shut off power above the normal temperature but before any components will catch on fire. >I personally watched one person see it as a problem, flip the switch assuming that would fix it, and walk away. True, that probably has enough inherent safety issues regardless of whether it catches fire.
- mcculley 5y ago
  Yours and other replies have convinced me that the risk is very low. Regardless, I will continue to throw any similarly improvised device in the garbage rather than take the risk.
  - kube-system 5y ago
    1000% agree. They're engineered to be disposable and that's exactly what people should do with them. And regardless of what I said above, I personally avoid coffee pots with manual switches. While they might not catch fire, there's still other general dangers regarding hot things that no longer need to be hot.

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Because I had to intervene multiple times after it had clearly been heating the pot continuously all day and the smell of burnt coffee was evident on the entire

by mcculley 5y ago

kube-system 5y ago
> heating the pot continuously all day and the smell of burnt coffee was evident This is the expected operation of a basic coffee pot without an auto-shutoff timer. It should remain hot indefinitely, and as a result, any remaining coffee inside will start to smell bad. However, there is (from the factory, at least) a thermostat that will regulate the temperature at the normal operational temperature, and thermal safety fuse(s) that will permanently shut off power above the normal temperature but before any components will catch on fire. >I personally watched one person see it as a problem, flip the switch assuming that would fix it, and walk away. True, that probably has enough inherent safety issues regardless of whether it catches fire.
- mcculley 5y ago
  Yours and other replies have convinced me that the risk is very low. Regardless, I will continue to throw any similarly improvised device in the garbage rather than take the risk.
  - kube-system 5y ago
    1000% agree. They're engineered to be disposable and that's exactly what people should do with them. And regardless of what I said above, I personally avoid coffee pots with manual switches. While they might not catch fire, there's still other general dangers regarding hot things that no longer need to be hot.