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[vintagerepairer]

Hello Sebo fan. I don't think it was me who came up with that line.

As for the Morrisons kettles, well mine is a fast boil model with flat element, so it can boil just a tiny amount. Of course I realise there are rapid boil kettles on sale for less than £20, but good deal of them are plain ugly. Especially the very cheap ones. That is a deliberate effort too, I think, to encourage people to buy a more expensive model.

 

[jmurray01]

Since we seem to have somehow got talking about kettles, I'll tell you all what I'm using to "get steamy"...

A Tesco JK27 Kettle with Concealed Element which I believe was around £20 new a year ago.

Here is a picture of it brewing some water for my morning coffee (notice my arm in the air, that was due to it having already boiled so in an attempt to get a picture with the boiling indicator illuminated I needed to press the button and take the picture in quick succession. In all honesty I didn't know it was that reflective!)

 

[jmurray01]

And a picture of the inside - Notice that the only way of checking how much water is in it is to open the lid and look inside. No gauge on the outside of it unfortunately.

The capacity (if you hadn't already seen) is 1.7 Litres, more than adequate I find.

 

[jmurray01]

And the rating sticker, showing a nominal wattage of 1850 and a maximum wattage of 2200 watts.

 

[twocvbloke]

You stole our kettle!!!

Okay, maybe not, but we have the same one, s'okay I guess, the mother bought it last year when she finally got the keys to this house, to make coffee when she was nosing round the new place, didn't seem to bring the whistling cooker-top kettle, so that electric one has stuck...

 

[jmurray01]

The best bit about it (the kettle) is the button being in a place where I can press it down with my thumb while holding it so it goes on immediately after being slotted into the base (I'm the kind of guy who presses the button down BEFORE slotting it into the base...) I know - I lead an exciting life...

 

[vintagerepairer]

If you do that, you will shorten the life of the kettle drastically. Why? Because when you place the kettle on the base, the element it immdeiatly energised, and this causes arcing on the terminals on both the base unit and the connections on the element. This is unlike when you push the switch, where the whole assembly is spring loaded so as to make the connection as quickly as possible to reduce arcing. My new kettle will not allow you to do this as the button springs back unless the whole kettle is sat on the base. I am guessing yours may be the same as you say you have to hold the button down.

 

[jmurray01]

Yes, mine is the same, I have to hold it down.

I didn't know about that, but will stop doing it now I know!

I may not LOVE the kettle, but I want to keep it going for as long as I can.

I don't suppose you could take a look at my thread I posted about the mystery height setting on my Ranger could you ? I'm sure you'll have the answer I need!

 

[vintagerepairer]

If its the one about the tools converter, Vacbear has already explained. There's nothing more I can add.

 

[anthony]

kettle

do you like this its a Swan from the 50s i think still works but of course its not automatic

 

[vintagerepairer]

I think it looks OK and I like the fact it has stood the test of time. I would not like one as I have been using automatic kettles for over 30 years now. I would truly forget that I had left it to boil.