My Bonavita variable temperature kettle just stopped working
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My Bonavita variable temp kettle just stopped working. Nothing happens when I press power and nothing is showing up on the display. So I opened this thing up and from what I can see, one of the components in the power PCB has shorted. I believe it should be an easy task soldering on a new one, problem is I don't have the technical knowledge to figure out what parts to order.
This image shows the fried component on the right side.
Other side of the same PCB. The fuse on the left side is working fine.
This image shows the fried component on the right side.
Other side of the same PCB. The fuse on the left side is working fine.
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You could also contact Bonavita and they will probably send you a new kettle. That's what I did when mine stopped working.
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The kettle is more than five years and long past warranty, unfortunately.
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I'm guessing zener diode from the package and designator, but figuring out the correct voltage will be a bit of a challenge. Though looking at the circuit, there might be a range of diodes that would work. Can you measure the voltage across part Z02 which I'm assuming is what you think is blown. Careful though, in a circuit like that you need to assume that everything is at 117V.
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my guess is also that ZD2 is a Zener diode, why not ask the manufacturer for its value? finding an old fashioned discrete Zener with the right value should be possible and soldering SMD is pain....
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Still can't hurt to ask!plantemiddel2 wrote:The kettle is more than five years and long past warranty, unfortunately.
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Don't understand that, been soldering SMD since at least 2001. The first board was scary to think about, but I've never used a through hole part since.Marcelnl wrote:my guess is also that ZD2 is a Zener diode, why not ask the manufacturer for its value? finding an old fashioned discrete Zener with the right value should be possible and soldering SMD is pain....
Tweezers and a good fine point soldering iron is all I used for the first number of years. Now I have an oven and a hot air gun which makes it much easier, but I've hand soldered down to 0402 with just a tweezers and an iron.
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Bonavita kettle with digital temp readout is less than $50.00 on Amazon at present
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By the way, I live in Europe. The voltage here is 230 V and the price of a new kettle is no way near 50 USD. That being said, my wife also ask me why I am not just buying a new kettle. I guess the answer is that it's fun to learn new things and it's feels rather okay not to dispose of a perfectly fine kettle (well, sort of).
If I measured things correct, the voltage over D6 and D7 is 160V. As for Z02 it was much more difficult to measure since i's covered by glue and small exploded bits and pieces, but I believe I measured 2.7V.
If I measured things correct, the voltage over D6 and D7 is 160V. As for Z02 it was much more difficult to measure since i's covered by glue and small exploded bits and pieces, but I believe I measured 2.7V.
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Ask user luma for help by PM. Cool guy. Here's his kettle project
Adding WiFi to the Bonavita Digital Kettle
As for soldering, some of us grow older with crap eyesight and shaky hands. Ugh.
But I applaud trying to fix this. I fixed an electric siphon that was DOA... it develops a sense of agency about fixing things and developing new ones. I went on to do wifi automation of my Gaggia Classic and my Quest roaster...
Adding WiFi to the Bonavita Digital Kettle
As for soldering, some of us grow older with crap eyesight and shaky hands. Ugh.
But I applaud trying to fix this. I fixed an electric siphon that was DOA... it develops a sense of agency about fixing things and developing new ones. I went on to do wifi automation of my Gaggia Classic and my Quest roaster...
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