It beeps when it’s done.

It beeps when you press the button.

It beeps when you place it on the base.

But today, it beeps no more.


I classify this as a repair.

  • MrNobody@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    afaik, electric kettles are more efficient than stove kettles, and microwaved water is incredibly dangerous, since there isn’t any cavitation points for the boiling to occur the water can become superheated, meaning the second you put something in to the cup or jug or whatever, that contains the superheated water, it is basically going to explode.

    Also, microwaving water is just fucking weird. I think kettles are more commonwealth countries, given the history with tea and the british and stuff, whereas the US is more coffee based, so less need for kettles and stuff. I have never owned a coffee machine or anything that makes coffee, I currently do not own a microwave, i have always had a kettle. I have never had a kettle that beeps.

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      The superheating thing is only an issue if you way overdo it. If you’re that worried about it you could just put a tiny scratch on the inside of the vessel or toss some microwave safe anything in there.

      Kettles are just easier and faster.

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        Yes. You pretty much have to have a near perfect surface, free of any defects or scratches, for it to happen and it has to be perfectly still. I doubt anyone has mugs and such that are free of any scratches inside.

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      Interesting. I’ve been microwaving water for 4 decades and never had water explode anything. Also when I actually do have tea, I put the mug in with water in it, microwave it, then drop the tea bag in. Works fine. When I used to drink loose leaf tea I would microwave the water and then pour it into my travel mug that had the holder for the loose leaf tea so it would steep in the travel mug.

      I found tea was hurting my stomach years ago, though, so I stick with coffee. I’ll still have tea if I go to a restaurant and they have oolong though. Love that stuff.

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          I think it’s the tannins but I’m not sure. Black tea seems worse than lighter teas. But black tea is my favorite, so…

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            I’m sort of the same with beer, occasionally, but not my stomach. I like dark beer, but sometimes it makes my jaw hurt. I’ll get a moderately sharp pain around the joint, but light beer doesn’t seem to do it much. Some sort of mild allergy, which would make it about my only food allergy.

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              That’s very interesting I’ve never heard of anyone having that before. Have you searched the internet to see if there’s any similar people out there?

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      Microwaved water isn’t “incredibly dangerous”. That is wildly exaggerated. You only get that boiling seed point issue under very controlled circumstances. There is nothing “fucking weird” about it too. It is just EM being used to wiggle molecules. When you heat something on a stove you are also wiggling molecules. It is actually safer, biochemically, than, say pan or oven heating because it doesn’t char the food.