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Anonymous Posted on Oct 14, 2016

My kettle is all other sudden not heating up water

I bought this two years ago and all of the sudden it is not heating up. The light goes on and blinks then after a minute it shuts off!

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Sounds like the heating element has burned out or is shorted, they don't repair this type of appliance they just replace it.

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Oh, and if you take your kettle apart and your house burns down it is not my fault.
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Oh and if you take your kettle apart and your house burns down it is not my fault. There, now I feel better.
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