Vintage Swan electric Kettle question

victoriavictorious

Please could someone advise me?
I recently bought an immaculate secondhand 1960 Swan electric kettle (chrome, made in England) as I was fed up with my succession of Chinese-made rubbish kettles that conked out shortly after the one year warranties were up!
This Swan kettle came with a new-looking mains cable but it may well be original, I dont know. I tried it out just now - it works fine and is very quiet but when I pulled the cable out of the kettle to pour the water away, it (the cable I mean) felt quite warm at the connector end.
Apologies if this sounds silly but is this normal, given that it's a vintage item?
Cheers

Robin9

Any kettle will feel warm - at the connector and the plug. A 3kw kettle will be drawing 13a and current means heat.

[Deleted User]

Hi,


and there might be a certain amount of heat from the hot water in the kettle.

Owain_Moneysaver

The kettle connector connects to the element so there will be conduction of heat from the element along the electric wires.

Owain_Moneysaver

PS please don't drop the connector end into the sink. It was a surprisingly common accident in the days of early electric kettles.

victoriavictorious

Thank you all - makes sense and I'm glad it sounds ok. I remember my parents having one of those in the 60s (it lasted for many years) but as I've never owned such an old kettle myself, I wasn't quite sure what was normal.

troffasky

The live pin on the plug of my iron after use is noticeably warmer than the earth, but not by any means hot.

coffeehound

Owain_Moneysaver wrote: »

PS please don't drop the connector end into the sink. It was a surprisingly common accident in the days of early electric kettles.

In some rental properties I see, theres still an electric outlet right next to the kitchen sink — amazing that no-one thought it was a bad idea at the time . .

Heedtheadvice

amazing that no-one thought it was a bad idea

and now people complain about following regulations!:o