
Today is my day off too, in replacement of last month National Day.
My plan is to clean the kitchen, which I've only succeeded partially.
There's still leftovers bird nest from what seams several years ago.
I used the double boil method to which I've added water and rock sugar.
Let it simmer for hours and it's ready.
I've put 3 huge pieces and I guess that's about $150 already.
At it was boiling, I suddenly remembered what I dreamed last night.
I have this cheapo convection oven which I bought close to 5 years ago. It was with me ever since I moved in to the flat.
It's about $80, 23L, bought at Carrefour in Suntec.
About 2 years back, I tried the oven but the main switchboard just keep on tripping. I must have tried around at least 10 times, all with different settings like from the lowest temp at 100 degrees to just the bottom coil (which has the least resistance) but all were in vain.
From that very day till today, I couldn't use the oven.
From my internet research, I gathered, that this indeed is a very common problem.
Lots of household have reported that their switchboard would also trip - brands ranging from Electrolux to brandless like mine.
It seams that the problem lies in the condensation of the coils.
As one do not use the oven for long periods of time (say several months) then apparently the coils get 'cold' and do not have the ability to transfer the energy effectively and causing it to overload and trip the switch.
Since then, I've thought of ways on how I could fix it. Replacing the coils were as good as buying a oven.
My original idea was to light up lots of small ikea white candles and leave it burning for an indefinite amount of time to generate enough heat to vapourise the coils 'coldness'.
I haven't got the time to do that.
Then, last night, when I burned an extra candle for Ma's death anniversary, I realised how little heat it has.
It was also last night, in my dreams, why not use the blow torch, since it's more powerful & hotter.
So for 10 mins, I blasted the coils with the intense heat from the torch.
To play it safe, I switched off all non-essential appliances and started off with the lowest temp of 100 degrees.
Eventually, it tripped after one minute.
So, I reset the switchboard and fire it up the coils again.
This time, after two minutes, nothing happened, then I gradually increased the temp. bit by bit and eventually at the max of 240 degree Celsius.
Me so happy!
Me so happy!
Me so happy!
Only thing now must remember to switch it on every month.
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