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Bazz4CQJ · 1st May 2019, 9:42 pm

A friend has asked me to take a look at this vintage SWAN brand percolator, which is marked CAT. No.580 (see attached). He tells me this is treasured family heirloom, but it has not been used for sometime, and when he attempted to use it, it tripped the RCD.

Using a DMM, I measured the resistance between the N and L connections at 140R (it's rated at 400W), and from either of those across to E about 40k. I’ve not yet tried to get inside the lower half of the vessel where the element is.

There is some kind of a push button switch in the base (second picture) but it does not latch - not sure if it's supposed to.

I wonder if anyone knows much about SWAN appliances for this era and whether or not it is still possible to find spares for them?

Any help appreciated.

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1st May 2019, 9:42 pm	#1
Bazz4CQJ Dekatron Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Oxfordshire, UK. Posts: 4,935	Vintage SWAN brand percolator A friend has asked me to take a look at this vintage SWAN brand percolator, which is marked CAT. No.580 (see attached). He tells me this is treasured family heirloom, but it has not been used for sometime, and when he attempted to use it, it tripped the RCD. Using a DMM, I measured the resistance between the N and L connections at 140R (it's rated at 400W), and from either of those across to E about 40k. I’ve not yet tried to get inside the lower half of the vessel where the element is. There is some kind of a push button switch in the base (second picture) but it does not latch - not sure if it's supposed to. I wonder if anyone knows much about SWAN appliances for this era and whether or not it is still possible to find spares for them? Any help appreciated. B Attached Thumbnails __________________ Saturn V had 6 million pounds of fuel. It would take thirty thousand strong men to lift it an inch.