T-20B Radiant Control Toaster
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5 mentions from real owners
- #1Jan 4, 2025
71 year old Sunbeam T20-B Toaster - Made in 1953
I have 2 of these and they toast so fast! I plugged one in and it made a horrid arc sound so I packed them both up in hopes to someday find a repair person
View on Redditopen_in_new - #2Jan 3, 2025
71 year old Sunbeam T20-B Toaster - Made in 1953
I had one of these in the 80’s. When it would break I could take it to a Fix-it shop to have it repaired. I have a new Breville that’s a piece of crap. If it breaks it goes into a landfill. Read an article on how they’ve changed the metal in the coils so new toasters don’t do as good a job. Going to look for another vintage toaster.
View on Redditopen_in_new - #3Jan 3, 2025
71 year old Sunbeam T20-B Toaster - Made in 1953
He is the reason I got mine too
View on Redditopen_in_new - #4Jan 3, 2025
71 year old Sunbeam T20-B Toaster - Made in 1953
Thats right, the legendary one! The Sunbeam Radiant Control Toaster
View on Redditopen_in_new - #5Jan 3, 2025
71 year old Sunbeam T20-B Toaster - Made in 1953
After seeing the Videos of Technology Connections a few years ago I needed to own a toaster like this. It was a bit of a challange to find one in continental europe. The one I found was advertsed "converted from 120V to 230V" and came with the correct plug. Price was around 150€, crazy price for a toaster. After recieving it it turned out, that the conversion performed by the previous owner was to simply change the plug, internally the Toaster was still setup for 120V. If i were to plug it in, it would have pulled almost 5 kW from the wall. After checking the repair video from Technology Connections and looking at some manuals, I decided to properly re-wire the toaster. Original Heating Coil resistance was 10.900 Ohm, for 230V I needed to up the resistance to 40.047 Ohm. Found the proper heating wire to make new coils. After the change the final resistance came out to 41,14 Ohm. The toaster can now live its 2nd life in Continental Europe connected to 230V. On to the next 71 years. **Here some links to the Information material I used:** [Technology Connections - The Antique Toaster that's Better than Yours](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OfxlSG6q5Y) [Technology Connextras - Sunbeam Radiant Control Toaster--Repair and Modernization](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vcdbtAca0Y) [Sunbeam T20B Service Manual](https://www.manualslib.com/manual/1065925/Sunbeam-T20b.html) [Tims Toasters](https://www.timstoasters.com/)
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