Thank you for the article. However, you forgot to mention what to do about the thermal compound that is applied to the underside of the warming plate. If the appliance is an older model, the thermal paste will have dried and cracked. A lot of it will probably fall off. This paste is crucial for transferring heat from the heating element to the warming plate. It is similar to the paste used when mounting CPUs to a motherboard. I'm trying to find jars of it instead of the little tubes, which would require 1-2 tubes to do it right. Anyway, I hope this helps. Thanks again for the article!

Greg