Kettle Not working properly? <tip>
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Topic: Kettle Not working properly? <tip>
Posted By: Chovynz
Subject: Kettle Not working properly? <tip>
Date Posted: 22 August 2007 at 9:27pm
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Hi all
Just a little tip we'd like to share with you. If your kettle clicks on and off anywhere from 3 to 7 times whilst TRYING to boil... Empty the kettle Pour white vinegar so its one inch deep. Boil the vinegar. Yes I said boil the vinegar. Rinse, fill with water and boil and pour out the water. Your kettle should now have less deposits on the bottom and should only click once - when it's finished. If your kettle still isn't working properly then it could be a different problem. Go see a Kettle Doctor. ------------- Defending the male species since 1980 
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Posted By: Katherine
Date Posted: 22 August 2007 at 11:13pm
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All right, Chovynz, I am doing this RIGHT NOW! I should post Before and After photos, but then you would all know how icky the bottom of my kettle has gotten (and nobody would ever drink a cup of tea at my house again). So I looked in the cupboard for the vinegar, and found:
I kid you not! We have SIX kinds of vinegar in my pantry! LOL |
Posted By: hailstones
Date Posted: 23 August 2007 at 7:35am
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lol Katherine - sounds like my pantry!! Another tip - don't take a wiff of the vinegar as its boiling - unless you really want to clear the nose, hehe, its powerful stuff! ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: .Mel
Date Posted: 23 August 2007 at 8:31am
Oh is that what you do.. normally if that happens, I go and buy a new jug  ------------- Mr Mellow (16) Miss Attitude (8) Destructa Kid (3) 
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Posted By: Katherine
Date Posted: 23 August 2007 at 3:52pm
| I have to confess, it didn't take any of the residue off the bottom after all. And now my house smells like vinegar. Not the worst smell in the world... But certainly clears out the nostrils, like hailstones said! LOL. Maybe I should just buy a new kettle anyway... |
Posted By: Chovynz
Date Posted: 23 August 2007 at 6:25pm
 How old are the deposits? You might like to try it again another or 2 times.------------- Defending the male species since 1980
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Posted By: mum2emj
Date Posted: 23 August 2007 at 6:38pm
mmm vinegar....
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