Kettle Randomly Turning Itself Off

ButterCheese

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82087315#Comment_82087315

Ours did this. It's often a poorly fitting base to kettle i.e. the male or female connectors are shrouded in plastic mould and might not have been quality checked. Try unplugging it and cleaning up the connections with some sire wool

martindow

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82087315#Comment_82087315

It makes a definite click, so I think it is the switch operating and that the sensor is oversensitive in turning it off. I don't think it does relate to a poor contact with the base, but that's a good point to make.

Albermarle

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82087172#Comment_82087172

We have a lot of ironing, and pretty much every iron we have had goes kaput ( usually leak) within two years.

So we bought one with a two year warranty about 10 years ago and have not paid for a new one since. We just take them back to the shop when it inevitably breaks within two years and they swop it for a new one. Last time the same model was £20 cheaper than previously, so we bought £20 of other things to make it up.

stuart45

You're lucky to keep getting a new one. Normally, a 2 year warranty covers you for 2 years of use, so if the first one breaks down you get a new one which is covered for the 2 year period from the date of the original sale, not from when the replacement was given.

WIAWSNB

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82087354#Comment_82087354

Also worth checking the base around the electrical contacts for a physical/mechanical switch, a small plastic protruderance that's pushed in when the kettle is sat firmly on the base, and pops out - and trips the power switch - when t'kettle is lifted.

If the kettle isn't sitting completely flat on its base, or if this button is bent or distorted, the kettle's main switch may only be partially held 'on'.

Check this and how snugly the kettle sits, part fill it, turn it on, and gently rotate/slightly wobble the kettle. Does it stay on, or is it far too sensitive?

Albermarle

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82088274#Comment_82088274

I was not aware of that. We just take them back to Robert Dyas and they give us a new one with a new warranty.

stuart45

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82088344#Comment_82088344

That's a really good deal you have. In theory this could go on indefinitely. When you think about it, buying an iron with a 2 year warranty means you get at least 2 years of service from it. If it goes after 1 year, and the free replacement lasts for 18months you've had 2.5years use of it so they normally say that you've had over 2 years from it for the price of one iron, which seems quite reasonable to me.

elsien

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82088274#Comment_82088274

I have found the same - warranty doesn’t keep rolling over to replaced products just lasts for the original time period.

martindow

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82088337#Comment_82088337

Thanks, I've found a little switch within the plastic central part of the base which must be the part you described. It pushes in and springs out readily when I poke it with a cocktail stick, so I think that is OK. It looks as if it is something a bit more terminal unfortunately.

I've found an old kettle in the loft that seems to be working fine, so tea and coffee can flow freely and life can carry on. Thanks again to everyone who kindly added to the discussion!

nokia1100

Does it boil (and not cut out) with the lid open? You'll need to be careful and supervise it from boiling dry and filling your home with steam, but if it doesn't cut out, I'd say the vapour switch it faulty.