Recent content by ProfessorMesser

We now have machines that should last at least another 5 years, giving excellent results.

Excellent work Eighty Two (were you ever in an episode of "The Prisoner":). The humble capacitor, much over looked, and over worked. I recon that you have just doubled the life of your bread maker, and saved the cost of a new one. I hope your experience can inspire other folk to fix their...

I believe the first thing to do is observe the actions of your bread maker when it first starts to knead a fresh mix. This is quickly done on a "Rapid" setting, as the machine starts kneading minutes into the cycle. If you observe (lid up) the paddle barely moving, and the motor sounding...

Perfect loaf, as expected, get soldering, no luck required, piece of cake. Thank you r765 for the inspiration, long live your Panasonic. Any questions on this item I will try to answer them. Looking forward to more excellent loaves.

Capacitor arrived this morning, made sure it was correct value before fitting. Minutes later I had the SD255 back together, and placed a mixture inside to prove the fix. An hour into the "whole wheat" cycle, there was an encouraging noise of a motor that sounded unstressed, and kneading without...

Only slight improvement was obtained using the "RAPID" setting, the motor was struggling then, after which it produced a brick, that was the last straw. I'll wait now for the part to arrive as the maker is in pieces anyway, plus the capacitor is 100% faulty. Look forward to fully risen loaves...

I'm sorry to hear your loaves aren't shaping up as they should, have you noticed the motor struggling as per r765's description? My SD255 started producing poor loaves every now and then, until now, the result is just a block of bin fodder. Capacitors of this type normally fail gradually, until...

I realise I'm a bit late to the forum but I would like to reinforce r765's observation to do with the 3uF motor start/run capacitor, I'm on with the fix right now, just awaiting the part. This should put to rest Panasonics insistence of poor ingredients being the sole cause, good breadmaker...