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Comment on Repairing A Flat Iron ( Thermal Fuse Fun! ) by John

John — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 00:28:24 +0000

Were you able to replace the fuse and get it working?

Comment on Repairing A Flat Iron ( Thermal Fuse Fun! ) by John

John — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 23:48:37 +0000

I have replaced the inline fuse twice but it keeps blowing up. The original fuse looked like it was incased in a ceramic material. Operating Temp. is +109C Max or +229F Max I’m wondering if the heat from the iron is overheating the fuse or do I have the wrong fuse? I don’t know.

Comment on Repairing A Flat Iron ( Thermal Fuse Fun! ) by jim

jim — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 16:42:04 +0000

Where is this CHI thermal fuse??? My wife has the CHI 1 inch. Stopped working. I took it apart and everything looks fine. I follow the leads to the ceramic heating plates. Taking off the cover to the plates the wires just stop there… no inline fuse. the wires are connected to a little “plate” that appears to be glued to the back of the ceramic plate… both look the same… PLEASE HELP! If I can get the fuse at Radio Shack for 2 bucks that would be awesome
thanks, jim

Comment on Repairing A Flat Iron ( Thermal Fuse Fun! ) by nikki

nikki — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 15:16:21 +0000

thank you so much for your website. with the information you provided my chi was successfully repaired. taking up less time than an hour to fix! the problem was: my chi would come on after i plugged it in then once it got hot the thing would cut off and not come back on. now my chi works better than before with the fuse purchased from radio shack that cost only $2. we were able to follow the power flow up to the metal plates, which ment it was the fuse causing my chi not to work, replacted the fuse, works perfect.
thank you so much again!
nikki

Comment on Repairing A Flat Iron ( Thermal Fuse Fun! ) by J

Fri, 30 Sep 2011 03:24:09 +0000

I am 7 months past my warranty, nobody will believe that my shiny pink flattening iron broke down in less than a year by looking at it. I loved my limited edition pink CHI. It’s such an expensive iron and it does not make sense for me to buy a new one. At the time I purchased this CHI, I had other recommendations for Avante and GHD but I choose this CHI in good faith. I am so disappointed that paying the premium price failed me so early! I have a $60 iron that I’ve been using for 4+ years!! This was the most expensive flat iron I’ve ever purchased it is the most short-lived. WILL NOT BUY AGAIN.WILL NOT RECOMMEND.

Comment on Repairing A Flat Iron ( Thermal Fuse Fun! ) by Brandi

Brandi — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 23:04:58 +0000

My electrical engineer friend did this for me, however it doesnt spring back appropriately after it was put back together. Did you have this problem? Using silicon teflon lube helped but not entirely. It is functionable, but Im a little annoyed.

Comment on Repairing A Flat Iron ( Thermal Fuse Fun! ) by Tom Slick

Tom Slick — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 17:49:48 +0000

Ahoy there! It seems that this here is the place of refuge for those who are sufferin’ from their loss of “Chi”. Everyone is easily identified by their full-bodied, curly, puffy,unkempt or otherwise, non-straight manes. Ain’t we a motley looking crew..actually more like Motley Crue with that big 80′s hair! Poor souls. AAARGH!
Anywhoo, Good information & good photos on the Joe.dot.com site. All of it is worthy of a look-see, even if you think you know what yer doin’ odds are you just might learn something. Unfortunatley for me I tripped and fell into this place after I had spent an evening replacing a burned (actually flattenned )and broken cord (shut in the door too many times), removing and rewiring the rotating connector (frayed and exposed wire) only to end up with a open thermal fuse as the final hurdle. Continuity check proved it but I put in a jumper wire in place of the suspect fuse for just a second and it came to life. Now I am looking for that fuse. Momma didn’t lke my idea of hopping her ass up the kitchen counter and I would move teh ironing board over and just use that nice teflon coated iron on her hair. What? I bet it’d work! HAA!
SO a Huge slice of Raisin Pie for the originators of ths site & all those that comment and enlighten us poor souls that dare to walk along the path of repair. Keep up the good work.
Remember, no one man knows everything, so remain teachable. One should try to find something new each day to learn in order to keep your mind from the perils of stagnation and know-it-all-ism!
Yo Ho Yo Ho….a pirates life for me! AAAARGH

Comment on Repairing A Flat Iron ( Thermal Fuse Fun! ) by Honey

Honey — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 07:02:32 +0000

Hello, I know this post is old but I wanted to try anyway…
I bought an expensive flat iron form USA and I live in EU. Mine’s a CROC Classic.
I didn’t know about the difference in voltage so I used it and almost fried it.
Do you think the only thing burned inside would be the fuse?
Is it possible, if I open it, to change the engine in a way to have a flat iron compatible with 220v???
Thank you.

Comment on Repairing A Flat Iron ( Thermal Fuse Fun! ) by Leon

Leon — Tue, 03 May 2011 19:04:14 +0000

Markus,
Did you ever find the schematic for these flat irons?
Thanks,
Leon

Comment on Repairing A Flat Iron ( Thermal Fuse Fun! ) by Jose

Jose — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 07:08:47 +0000

Also my gf has another Chi iron that gets hot on the back part of the ceramic plates.. Even if the iron as not been on for too long.. Could it be the thermal fuse?