Re: My new electric kettle Texas_Ranger Yesterday at 11:01 PM
Almost 20 years on I still own this kettle. It didn't get much use after I finished school in 2006 and eventually I discovered that the rubber washer between the element and the body leaked like a sieve. Now I finally got around to sourcing a set of new (old stock) washers. A UK company sells new sets at a very reasonable price but postage to the EU is atrocious (something like £ 2 for two washers and £17 p&p) so I decided to take a chance on a NOS set from Ireland at a much more reasonable 3.50 p&p. There are two element sizes, 1 9/16" and 1 11/16 and the packaging claimed the washers fit both. Turns out they don't but I managed to make the rubber washer fit with a bit of stretching and the old fibre washer was still OK. The price sticker on the bag looks like it's got Apr. 91 printed next to a price of 40 p.
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