I suspect it's just a thermal fuse gone. But I can't for the life of me get it open.
It seems that the bottom must come off first. No screws visible anywhere. No hidden screws (under labels) on the bottom.
There was a screw under a label on the side near the bottom and it looked like it attached the bottom plastic casting to the stainless drum. But removing that didn't loosen up anything at all.
I'm prying and heaving with everything short of breaking it apart and... nothing.
Has anyone opened one of these? I've seen other Tatung models (ie, on YouTube) but those have a metal plate for a bottom and 2 simple, visible screws.
Ideas?
Thanks.