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coffee maker clock - poor handling of transients? Nate Nagel 12-23-2006
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Posted by Nate Nagel on December 23, 2006, 7:45 am


Weird... My old coffee maker died a couple weeks ago, so I gave the
girlie a few bucks and the direction that while she was out, to pick up
a new coffee maker. She returned with a new Mr. Coffee, replete with
analog/digital clock. It worked OK for a few days and then started
going haywire - the clock would be hours off by morning, or it would
lock up completely. In any case, I didn't have my morning coffee and
the only "fix" was to unplug it for an hour or two and try again.

Well, last week I installed a whole-house TVSS in my breaker panel
(Siemens QSA2020TVSS to be exact) and I just realized this AM that the
coffee maker has been working perfectly ever since. Is it possible that
I just had "dirty" power and that all my other appliances were handling
it correctly so I never noticed? Anyway, it seems like too much of a
coincidence as before installing the TVSS the coffeemaker would more
often than not not make it through a full day without locking up.

nate

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Posted by James on December 23, 2006, 8:38 am


It is Mr. Coffee. It will be dead in a week.



Posted by George E. Cawthon on December 24, 2006, 1:21 am


Nate Nagel wrote:
> Weird... My old coffee maker died a couple weeks ago, so I gave the
> girlie a few bucks and the direction that while she was out, to pick up
> a new coffee maker. She returned with a new Mr. Coffee, replete with
> analog/digital clock. It worked OK for a few days and then started
> going haywire - the clock would be hours off by morning, or it would
> lock up completely. In any case, I didn't have my morning coffee and
> the only "fix" was to unplug it for an hour or two and try again.
>
> Well, last week I installed a whole-house TVSS in my breaker panel
> (Siemens QSA2020TVSS to be exact) and I just realized this AM that the
> coffee maker has been working perfectly ever since. Is it possible that
> I just had "dirty" power and that all my other appliances were handling
> it correctly so I never noticed? Anyway, it seems like too much of a
> coincidence as before installing the TVSS the coffeemaker would more
> often than not not make it through a full day without locking up.
>
> nate
>
Don't know the answer, but I do know how to
eliminate the problem. Get a coffee pot without a
clock. If you just have to have a cup of coffee
ready for you when you get to the office. Get two
pots, a regular one and a little 4 cup one (they
actually hold 2 cups (the two will be cheaper than
one with a clock). If you can't stand waiting 5
minutes for the little one to provide a cup, get
therapy.

Posted by Nate Nagel on December 24, 2006, 3:47 am


George E. Cawthon wrote:
> Nate Nagel wrote:
>
>> Weird... My old coffee maker died a couple weeks ago, so I gave the
>> girlie a few bucks and the direction that while she was out, to pick
>> up a new coffee maker. She returned with a new Mr. Coffee, replete
>> with analog/digital clock. It worked OK for a few days and then
>> started going haywire - the clock would be hours off by morning, or it
>> would lock up completely. In any case, I didn't have my morning
>> coffee and the only "fix" was to unplug it for an hour or two and try
>> again.
>>
>> Well, last week I installed a whole-house TVSS in my breaker panel
>> (Siemens QSA2020TVSS to be exact) and I just realized this AM that the
>> coffee maker has been working perfectly ever since. Is it possible
>> that I just had "dirty" power and that all my other appliances were
>> handling it correctly so I never noticed? Anyway, it seems like too
>> much of a coincidence as before installing the TVSS the coffeemaker
>> would more often than not not make it through a full day without
>> locking up.
>>
>> nate
>>
> Don't know the answer, but I do know how to eliminate the problem. Get
> a coffee pot without a clock. If you just have to have a cup of coffee
> ready for you when you get to the office. Get two pots, a regular one
> and a little 4 cup one (they actually hold 2 cups (the two will be
> cheaper than one with a clock). If you can't stand waiting 5 minutes
> for the little one to provide a cup, get therapy.

I hear ya... the problem is that this one will not brew AT ALL when the
clock ceases to function... and no, I can't wait a couple hours for the
darn thing to decide to work before my first cup in the AM.

Is there even such a thing made anymore? A coffee maker with just a
switch and a heating element?

nate

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Posted by Liz Megerle on December 24, 2006, 8:18 am


My camp coffeemaker died this summer and I had the same specifications
for the replacement. I found a Mr.Coffee without a clock at my local
small town hardware store. It was in the back, up on a shelf in a pile
of ancient boxes. The layer of dust on the box was pretty thick. It's
an upgrade. This one lets me take a cup while it's still brewing.
Liz

Nate Nagel wrote:

> Is there even such a thing made anymore? A coffee maker with just a
> switch and a heating element?
>
> nate
>

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