I toasted a single piece of toast in the left side slot and it toasted unevenly. I had the digital setting on Level 4, which is dark. I later toasted a single piece of bread in the right side slot and it did the same thing. that is, one side was Level 3 and one was Level 4. The Brand Name is DCLINA. It's the two-slice toaster by Drew Barrymore. The trademark is "Beautiful" The Model No. is TA1741-UL.

I did look at the heating elements on each side and they (all four) seem to working well. I also emptied the crumb tray.

Thanks in advance for your help.

⟐ Answered August 21, 2025 at 6:12 MST

⟐ Edited by author November 13, 2024 at 0:15 MST

It doesn't engage at all to stay down when you press down the lever. If you force it to stay down, it will heat up the 2 inner panels, but the 2 outer panels remains cold. So I suppose you could technically manually toast one side of two slices of bread this way. It is sort of like having the bagel button and cancel button both held down - but of course they aren't.

I did figure out how to get it apart, but I am pretty new at diagnosing this stuff and don't see anything obviously wrong to me.

I was hoping that maybe the description of that problem would mean something specific enough for someone here to point me in the right direction.

⟐ Commented January 06, 2024 at 11:48 MST

If anyone could measure the value, they would appreciate it very much.

I attach here some Pictures

⟐ Edited September 18, 2023 at 22:51 MST

I cannot get the knobs or lever handle off, at least with moderate force, in order to lift the front of the cover. And I don't know what is holding the other end of the cover on.

Any suggestions?

Thanks

How can I find and fix the malfunctioning latch mechanism?

⟐ Commented March 08, 2021 at 15:56 MST

⟐ Commented April 25, 2020 at 4:03 MST

I've got a 1950s GE toaster that I found, and have been refurbishing in my spare time.

I've gotten everything to work except that the tray won't actually stay down. I'm guessing it might be a solenoid problem. But here's the thing: I have no idea how to test whether my solenoid is working or not, as I know not much about how an electromagnetic field should behave in various states.

When my toaster is actually on, what readings should I be getting on my multimeter which would inform me whether my solenoid is still working? Where should the prongs of my multimeter actually be? Am I going hot wire-ground? That's how you do it in a car, but how do you do it in a toaster! Holy smokes!

Here a some pictures of a the toaster in question when opened up, Apologies for the poor quality. The first image is front facing, the second one if taken from below, with a clear view of the solenoid.

Thanks a whole bunch!