Just got my refurbished Kitchen Aid Mixer

[wryter2000]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=20679&item=4369121242&rd=1

I just got this mixer from this vendor. It came quickly and has a six-month warranty.

Whoo-hoo! :bounce: Now, how do I make myself do my story rewrites instead of making bread?

[Stinky The Clown]

1. You're gunna get NO work done for a while!

So just forget it. That KA mixer will be your focus for days and days.

Let me know when it gets so bad that you start buying flour in 50 lb bags, okay? Then we'll get ya in a 12 step. :)

[wryter2000]

5. I think I'd better locate Kitchen Aid Anonymous near me

It's beautiful!

[Warpy]

9. My Kitchen Aid mixer was a timesaver when I got it

because instead of mixing everything by hand, I just sort of measured and dumped and let the mixer do the work.

However, baking got so much easier that I added to the load I'm carrying around in my caboose. Either develop a list of people you can share baked goods with, or resign yourself to weight gain.

[Neecy]

2. wow....

That's a good price, even with the shipping added.

These things are built so solidly I wouldn't hesitate to buy a refurbished - I already have one, alas, but this looks like a good deal.

Enjoy!

[SoCalDem]

3. I sold my mother in law's kitchen aid for $15.00 at a garage sale

It just looked like a big ole clunky mixer to me :shrug:..(That was before I knew what they were).. The man who bought it was very pleased:) It had a bag full of "extras" too :)
I think it was a wedding present from 1941..

[housewolf]

4. Get the bread started...

you can work on the story rewrites while it's rising.

You can't just let it sit there, it will call to you if you try to ignore it and work instead... it will beacon to you, entice you and demand your attention...

Yaaay! Congratulations, you've got lots of fun times and reward ahead of you.

[wryter2000]

6. It's calling to me...

"Here I am, the mixer of your dreams. Puff pastry. Bread. Pizza dough."

[eleny]

7. Oh boy

You're going to love it. It's such a powerful machine. Enjoy, enjoy!

[wryter2000]

8. Does anyone know about safety issues re: the plug?

It gave some pretty scary warnings about not using a properly grounded, three-pronged socket. This house was built in 1950, and mostly I have ungrounded, two-pronged sockets. But there are two sockets that take 3-pronged plugs. They both have little circuit breakers in them. I called the old landlord (the guy who sold me the house and who used to maintain it himself). Is anyone familiar with that kind of wall socket? Is it safe.

I also got adapters, but the warning said "no adapters."

Does everyone else have grounded sockets? Does anyone here cheat?

[Stinky The Clown]

10. The warnings were probably written by lawyers

The same ones who write "not for use in filled bathtubs" on teevee sets.

That said, it sounds like you have a gfci outlet (little "circuit breakers"). Like this one:

That will work just perfect, actually. The gfci means "ground fault circuit interrupter". If it senses a short (like water) it shuts the outlet off in milliseconds, preventing shock. They're required on all outlets within some set distance to a water source, like your sink, and on all outdoor outlets. Beyond that, they're essentially the same as any grounded outlet. Like this one:


The mixer will work fine with a three-to-two adapter like this:

plugged into an ungrounded outlet, like this one:

But there is a danger to you. If anything happens inside the appliance (in your case, your new mixer) that causes a short, just touching the appliance will cause you to get shocked. Maybe badly. The problem is, that on a modern grounded outlet, the circuit senses the short when it happens, not when you touch it, and trips the circuit breaker. In an old system with ungrounded outlets, with no ground, it can't sense the short. But **you** sure will. Using the adapter will allow the plug to fit, and will work fine for years. But it just takes one time to getcha!

[wryter2000]

11. Thanks

The landlord called and told me that's what those outlets are, ground fault circuit. So, it should be perfectly safe.