My WK600 is almost 3 years old and has been great, until recently. For a few days, the red heating light would flicker and then stay on, and the water would boil. Now it flickers very briefly and goes off, and there is no heat. If I rock the on-off switch, sometimes it will flicker on again, but mostly it stays off. Any ideas?
Rita, North Carolina, USA
I had a similar failure with my Braun WK600. Switch it on and the lights flicker and go out
before it boils. Took it apart (Tamper Proof TORX, available from
Snap-On, Canadian Tire, probably most auto parts places that also sell
tools). The On-Off switch has a mechanical lock out for the lid being
open and also for when it is not mounted on the base. The kettle also
has three bi-metallic temperature switches. One shuts off the kettle
after it has boiled long enough. The other two sit up against the
element assembly adjacent to each end of the heating element.They
protect against boiling an empty kettle by sensing the higher element
temperture when there is no water to conduct away the heat. In the case
where the lights flicker and go out, but the switch stays 'On' these
are the likely culprit.
In my kettle the contacts did not line up
correctly. Instead of making good contact they were only partially
overlapping like a couple of the olympic rings or a couple of rings
from the Audi logo. This resulted in a localized increased resistance
and high heat in one of the contact holders which eventually melted the
surrounding plastic. At that point the wires going to the element
behaved a bit like springs which forced the contact holder further out
of alignment until it all became hot enough to trigger the thermal
switch.
I fixed it by bending the contact holder, which is fused
into the now hardened plastic, to the optimal position and hopefully it
will not generate enough heat to remelt the plastic or trip the thermal
switch.
I have boiled a couple of kettleful's; so far so good!
Oh, and if you take your kettle apart and your house burns down it is not my fault.
This should solve your problem. Hope this helps, Please feel free to comment again if you have any further questions or concerns. Good Luck! Mike
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I have the same problem...about three years old. If I cock it to one side it works, sometimes, but most of the time it doesn't go on or goes on then goes off right away.
same problem. It is not very old, maybe a year.
have the same problem, my kettle is less than 1yr old. Red light flickers sometimes will come on most of the time wont work
I have the same problem. I believe that the electric connection between the base and the kettle is weak. I think that is due to the mechanical effect of putting the kettle onto the base repeatedly. I called Braun, the only thing they suggested is that the unit could be returned if done within one year.
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