Thanks! Now one more question, where can one find a replacement gasket?
There's one on eBay and it says it's stuck together so
the gasket is in questionable shape...
Thanks!
Dave Clark

I wish that the replacement gasket was as easy to find as
the power cord, but I don't think you'll find it to be so.
Best bet is to not buy a Sunbeam vac pot unless you've
verified with the seller that the gasket is in good shape.
I do that with every used vac pot I buy.  I've only been
stuck with one vac pot that was truly worthless due to
the gasket.  Since then, I've stopped asking if it's in good
shape and now ask if it's soft, pliable and without cracks
or missing pieces.  :-)
I don't buy them to sit on the shelf as collectors. I've got
about a dozen vac pots now, and they all get used from
time to time.
JKG

I wonder if the gasket that is available from Foodservicedirect would fit the C30.  If it is similar in size/shape to a Cory gasket, it should.  Otherwise, you are pretty well out of luck.  Not to mention that if the gasket is hard (and from what I've seen, when they get hard, they are like stone), you won't get those pots apart with less than Herculean force.  I surmise that they changed rubber formulations some time during the C30 lifetime (maybe more than once) as the gaskets do not age well on certain models.  Mine is wonderfully soft and smooth for the age.  Other pots I've come across (slightly older C30's I believe), the gaskets were like stone.  It seems the C30A's with the chrome lid are the worst, and the black bakelite lid with the multiple ridges is almost as bad.  The bakelite lid with the single step in it is the best (which is what mine is).  This conclusion comes from a very small sampling group, so take it with a very large block of salt.  Just beware before buying a
ny C30 without hands on ins!
pection.
Chris
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There was also a C-20 on ebay that had received no bids when I saw it
last night....
Anyone know what the difference between the 20 and the 30 is?
-Tim
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