My daughter bought me an Alessi cordless kettle for Christmas 2008. After 9 months it simply stopped heating water! The red light was lit on the base, so we knew the fuse hadn't gone, but it was completely 'dead'. We contacted Alessi and were instructed to return it to a shop called 'Atomic' in Nottingham. It took over ten weeks for a replacement kettle to arrive. Now exactly the same thing has happened to the replacement...when I switched it on it last night it 'tripped' my electricity supply. I tried it again today and...nothing. The light is on, but it isn't heating up. Is this a known problem with this kettle? I feel that, at over £100 it is the biggest white elephant I've ever owned. I presume I have no redress under the terms of the original guarantee, since the first product was purchased in December 2008. Is it destined for the recycling centre at just over one year old?