I was cooking some food when I noticed a burning plastic smell and some smoke coming out of the knob, I let it cool down, and when I turned it back on, there wasn’t any smoke but the burning smell returned, is the plate damaged, or is it some stuck food being burned?

The burning plastic smell seems to be coming from the plate, even when it is dissassembled like this, i can smell it from the centre.

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I’ve already used this hot plate regularly for about 2-3 months already. If this is burning off some other residue, how can I get the smell to go away faster?

The orange tape bit on the top is actually connected to a light that turns on when the heating coil is on. One of the elements is a power switch, the other is a temperature regulator.

Looking into the wires, I couldn’t find a third wire, so it probably doesn’t have a ground, even though it does have a 3 prong NA design.

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Take it outside and turn it on high for a few minutes.

If it catches fire, turn it off and buy a new hot plate.

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