Recommend Kettle with Less Aggressive Boil-Dry Protection

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  pegaxs on 02/12/2023 - 09:23

  +1

  You do realise that once it’s boiled, it’s boiled… it doesn’t get hotter for each flip of the switch?

  Buy a kettle you can put on your stove and then you can leave it there to boil as long as you like.

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    JamesGreat on 02/12/2023 - 09:27

    +1

    I meant I'm boiling it one full kettle at a time and transferring the water to the stock pot. It doesn't let me do that with the new model of the contempo kettle in quick succession…

    I could just boil from the stock pot, but it uses gas when I have solar.

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      pegaxs on 02/12/2023 - 09:41

      OH, I get it now, I thought it was like what my wife does… she boils the water in the electric kettle and once it’s boiled she has to reboil it 3 more times before she pours it out into her coffee cup.

      If you need greater amounts of boiling water and want to use “solar”, maybe a better alternative is to get a 5 or 10 litre urn. That way it will be more hot water available at a time, no need for “multiple boilings”.

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        JimmyF on 02/12/2023 - 10:03

        +2

        want to use “solar”, maybe a better alternative is

        Or replace the stove top with an induction cook top

        or get a portable induction stove to heat the water directly in the pot

        or get a $7.50 kmart kettle https://www.kmart.com.au/product/17l-cordless-kettle-4198932…

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        rumblytangara on 02/12/2023 - 11:03

        +1

        OH, I get it now, I thought it was like what my wife does… she boils the water in the electric kettle and once it’s boiled she has to reboil it 3 more times before she pours it out into her coffee cup.

        Cannot tell… are you being serious here? (?!)

        Why would someone do that- what's the reasoning?

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          pegaxs on 02/12/2023 - 11:30

          +2

          @rumblytangara: I dont know. I have tried to ask and reason with her, but apparently it's not "hot enough" after the first boil (and yes, I know that water only boils at 100, and no hotter, unless under pressure)

          I have tried to explain to her how thermodynamics works, and she doesn't care, so I let her boil it 3 to 4 times as I sit back and laugh every time she does it.

          I leave her to do it because everyone has their OCD thing they like to do in their life. For some, it's hitting the kettle button 3 times in a row after it has already boiled, for others, its locking their car door and chekcing it 40 times before the leave. Or the guy that does a lap of the block every morning after he leaves his house to see if his garage is still shut…

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      trongy on 02/12/2023 - 10:18

      I have experienced the same thing - after filling the kettle with cold water the switch does not immediately reset. I've only experienced it with one kettle and I don't know if it was by design or just a defective switch.

      FWIW, I have the most basic white Anko kettle from Kmart and I don't have this issue.

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  skid on 02/12/2023 - 09:56

  Your kettle sounds defective. I'd check with contempo.

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  freefall101 on 02/12/2023 - 10:04

  +3

  In the past I would be able to boil multiple times using the contempo kettle, one boil after another and then transfer it to my large stock pot to save on the gas bills as I have solar.

  FYI, all the time and kettles you’re going through doing this is probably saving you a few cents on gas, depending on the stock pot size. It’s not really worth it.

  I’d invest in a small induction cooker instead. You can do all your cooking on it, faster water boiling, etc.

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  brendanm on 02/12/2023 - 11:06

  Use the old kettle.

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  payless69 on 02/12/2023 - 13:21

  I use the microwave!

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  Transient on 02/12/2023 - 13:31

  I have an electric kettle that sometimes does this. The second or third boil trips the switch on the kettle so the water is only very warm and not boiling. I just hold the switch down on the kettle until it boils.

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  Transient on 02/12/2023 - 13:35

  Alternatively, if you have bench space, buy a Portable Electric Cooktop Hotplate, so you can cook more using solar.

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    JamesGreat on 06/12/2023 - 09:55

    Thanks guys, for the other responses, but I find this recommendation about the hotplate was the easiest and cheapest way to solve my problem. I'm also doing most of my cooking on it too. ;-)

    I was told the boil-dry protection on the kettle is a feature after I went to try and return it. This must have been introduced recently as a safety feature since my old kettle was around 6-8 years old when it stopped working and never had this problem.

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      Transient on 08/12/2023 - 22:41

      Thanks for letting us know!