ELECTRICAL SMOKE FROM COFFEE MAKER. SYSTEM DEACTIVATED; BUT NO LOGBOOK ENTRY MADE.

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F/A CALLED COCKPIT. RPTED SHE SAW SMOKE COMING FROM A COFFEE POT AND HAD PULLED THE CB'S. THE COFFE POT STOPPED SMOKING. I WENT TO GALLEY. ONLY A FAINT ODOR REMAINED. CHKED FOR HOT SPOTS. REMOVED COFFEE POTS AND TOLD F/A TO KEEP AN EYE ON THINGS. INFORMED COMPANY OVER SEL CALL. I AGREED THE ACFT WAS NOT IN DANGER AND CONTINUED TO CLT (FAY WAS CLOSER). IN CLT MAINT COULD FIND NO PROB. I INSTRUCTED THEM TO PULL AND TIE OFF THE GALLEY CB IN THE BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT; ISOLATING THE GALLEY FROM ALL ELECTRICITY. I DID NOT WRITE THE INCIDENT IN THE LOGBOOK. THERE IS NO MEL RELIEF FOR THAT SITUATION. WE CONTINUED TO FLY THAT ACFT AND VERBALLY RELAYED THE INFO TO THE CREW THAT RELIEVED US. THERE IS A MAJOR SAFETY PROB IN OUR COMPANY. ALTHOUGH WE ARE ALPA; WE DO NOT GET PAID IF WE DO NOT FLY. IF THE ACFT IS BROKEN OR THE WX IS BELOW MINIMUMS; WE SIT ON THE GND WHERE WE ARE AND CALCULATE HOW MUCH PAY WE ARE LOSING. THIS SYS PLACES A LARGE BURDEN ON THE INTEGRITY OF OUR CREW MEMBERS. MY DECISION THIS TIME; FROM A COMMON SENSE POINT OF VIEW; WAS CORRECT. LEGALLY; PROBABLY NOT. WILL I BE SAFE ACCEPTING AN ACFT FROM SOMEONE ELSE WHO HAS MADE SUCH A JUDGEMENT?