earlier today i used my ghds (the normal middle sized ones) to straighten my hair and they worked perfectly with no trouble. however 6 hours later i went to switch them on (it had rained and my hair had then dried curly) and there was no sign of electrical life anywhere.
the light won't come on, and the plates aren't heating up.
my theory is that the fuse needs replacing, as the wire seems fine, and the other questions i have read say that if the wire was loose they could push it back in and make it function. however i have tried this to no avail.
in other questions people have mentioned similar complaints, i was wondering if when the plates didn't work, if the light came on, because then i might be able to establish which fuse has blown, whether its the thermal one or the normal one...
please help

Verity, November 2006

ust looked at a this device for the first time to fix niece's ghd.

Found that the thermal fuse was ok but that one of the two heaters were open circuit. Easy to check if you have an ohm-meter. Resistance of one is 160 ohms. As they are in parallel they will measure 80 ohms. 160 ohms means one of them is open circuit.

Cause found to be that the connecting wires had fractured from the heater - both came out when given the lightest tug.

Suspect they cannot be soldered back on. Will find some way to crimp them back on.
Interestingly the heaters are marked as 220v. This means they are being overrun -likely cause of failure. if so = cr*p product..

Michael H., November 2006

thermal one ..if you have more problems and require help with fixing your ghds contact tony m email mrfire@fsmail.net thanx

tony m, November 2006