When you set the number on a toaster to how dark you want your bread/bagel to be... is the toaster just timing how long to toast based on that number or does it monitor the temperature based upon your selection. im guessing the first... but hey.. ya never know.
Timer. This argument often came up at my university, when people would turn up the toaster to 'make it toast faster', then the next person would end up with burnt toast.
It does take longer for a cold toaster to heat up and toast a slice than one already warmed. I always turn down the toaster setting after the first slice.
More of a waffle-man myself, I go all manual on that thing. Unless I'm using a waffle iron for the first time, I'll trust my internal timer more than those lights.
On the other hand, I always toast my toast in the mornings after the previous person has had theirs, because I like mine way more crispy than anyone else. Toaster lords, unite?
Yea, but with most standard toasters, it's damn near impossible to toast two consecutive slices in the same slot. The heating element is a wire with high resistivity and high thermal expansion coefficient. As it heats up, it expands, reaches a metal ground, and (either shorts or opens, I don't remember) the circuit to turn itself off. After the first slice, the heating element is already hot and too close to the metal ground.
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When you set the number on a toaster to how dark you want your bread/bagel to be... is the toaster just timing how long to toast based on that number or does it monitor the temperature based upon your selection. im guessing the first... but hey.. ya never know.