Faulty Kenwood Chef Mixer - What A Nightmare! | Can I Fix It?

Yesterday I repaired my wife's beloved headphones, and I still feel good about it :) Thanks to Youtubers like you for spreading the word that it's absolutly worth a try!

After watching this amazing bit of detective work I had no choice but to subscribe to your channel. I became a ham radio operator at age 12 in 1953 and have tinkered with electronics ever since. I have never seen a resistor go bad without showing discoloration or outright burning. You were right there at 50:00 when you noticed the board and motor jump as you touched the leg of that resistor. That is what it takes to be an excellent diagnostician. Nice one. Thanks for sharing. Looking forward to watching many more.

That was very incredible diagnostics. You literally found a needle in the barn of haystacks

I don't get it, you are a humble man, you take on anything that has an, "Electronic Pluse!" Thorough in your diagnosis, you pursue every avenue when it comes to your way of analogy, out of all your videos, you've conceded defeat like 2 maybe 3 times,( Even then, odds were already against you, only you didn't know it until you tested your theories, components, and voltages, doing all you could with the exception of just replacing the device you were trying to fix) and yet, only 41,000 subs....ALOT of viewers are truly missing out on this channel!!! Thank you for all you do!

Superlative investigation, with unexpected diagnosis. Very well done. Should help me if and when my KC goes strange.

Sitting on the bench for 3 years? Dam and I thought I was a procrastinator. Your friend's friend will probably be shocked to see it back again.

Excellent video that shows not all repairs are a quick part replacement As I type this there's a f22 raptor fighter jet circling my house and rattling windows. It even sets off car alarms. The joy of living 1/4 mile from the air show. Thanks

Great job! What you encountered is a Flameproof Power Metal Oxide Film Resistor. They are ideal for high specification or technically demanding circuits. (e.g. kitchen will not go up in smoke, when mixer is overloaded) The resistive element comprises a metal oxide film deposited on a ceramic former. The element is protected by a flameproof coating that withstand overload conditions without flame or mechanical damage.

What a rabbit hole this took you on, how you manage to not swear at times is most impressive also nicely diagnosed and thanks for your videos they are always enjoyed. 👍

For burnt out resistors, measure the two parts. One part will hopefully give a reading. eg if ~2/3rds of its original length measures ~32kΩ and the other ~1/3rd is open circuit then it's a pretty safe bet that the original was 47kΩ. For a completely open circuit resistor, cut it in half. One part should give you a reading, eg 500kΩ, so the whole thing would be 1MΩ. They fail at a single point, not along the entire length. Just a simple bit of educated guesswork on the ratio you have that works and rounding to the nearest E24 value can really get you out of a hole sometimes.

Well fixed! Crazy how it is the smallest most insignificant things that throw one the most! Damn resistor!! Thank you

What a great thorough vid on investigating possible suspects. I have learnt so much from it too. Awesome job yet again.👍👍

You have the patience of a saint m8😂😂❤

Great vid. It's peverse really, the harder the job for you, the more interesting and enjoyable it is to watch. Amazing as always.

Well done Sir. Your fault finding is amazing. Your determination equally so.

Nice catch. Good thing you probed the compnents again. Someone will be glad to get this one back, in excellent condition. In recent times I have been seeing more of your videos pop up in my feed. I am so glad I clicked the first time. Haven't regretted it since.

this must be an amazingly common problem with Kenwood Chef mixes. I’ve had two of these and both of these had this same symptom, so were disposed of. If only I knew then what I know now. I’ll get another one without fear now.

I've experienced this type of problem on multiple occasions. Components looking good but reads open circuit. Thats why with smaller circuits such as in a mixer as this one, I tend to check All the components before anything else. On a different topic: You said in an earlier video that someone mentioned "button wake-up function" idea on the Fluke multimeter. That was me (and maybe others) that commented that. As always! Great video and great work repairing the unit. Looking forward to your next video. Thanks! 😊

Cheers Mick had a really shite day today but saw your vid bounce into my inbox, got myself a cold beer and started to watch, blood pressure dropped 😂 just watching you dissect this thing, don’t even know f you fixed it as only 5 mins in 😂. Therapy for the stressed 😂 cheers m8 👍🍺

That's some shear determination awesome work.