Suddenly my 21st century iron cooled down. I had only one piece of trim to iron on. It had the yellow light on. It was not blinking and set to 250.

I had covered 2 wing sets for the 1 year life of the iron. I liked the ergonomic features of it. It let me down. My last iron (Royal) lasted 25 years.

I read the forums and google searched and found nothing on how to fix the particular iron. I did see a good suggestion to get out an ohmmeter and measure for open heating element. I did see a British forum that did just that and bridge the open nichrome coil with a copper wire wrap.

So I took the iron apart, since the thing was a month past warranty, the Hobby shop wouldn't make good and the cost I read in the forums would be $25 for any repair plus shipping. The iron cost me $36.99 + tax. Math and hassle made me dive in.

If the light is on, and nothing is melted. Unplug it. Make sure it is cool. Don't use your skin to test coolness. Obviously you won't be taking it apart if it is hot.

Disclaimer- this is for your reading pleasure on how I fearlessly trouble shot this covering iron. Don't try this yourself.

Make sure it is unplugged.

Take the 4 screws off that attach the shoe.

You then separate the handle from the shoe.

On mine there were 2 small diameter wires an one big one. Measure the resistance or continuity between the 2 smaller wires. All of them have heat spaghetti on them. If you can't get a reading between them, the heating element is blown.

That's where I had the problem.

In my next post I will attempt a fix.