Electric Kettle Heating Element

Lift the lid and peer inside and you ll see at the very bottom of the water container a coil of thick metal called the heating element when you plug the kettle into an electrical outlet a large electric current flows into the heating element.

Electric kettle heating element.

Electric heater controls the temperature and once the temperature rises high and heated up fully there is a control to disconnect the power supply and the heating will stop. Such hidden element work very well but still holds disadvantages one being that when the element burns out it cannot be replaced and a new kettle has to be bought. The element s resistance the tendency any material has to stop. The element is generally located at the bottom of a kettle.

A small micro spring loaded plunger switch usually sticks on these kinds of kettles. Some kettles employ elements that resemble tubes and run through the lower part of the vessel. Electric heating element by james f mcelroy. Kettles are among the simplest of household appliances.

Kettle heating element also called tubular heater for kettle its structure is made of the metal tube as the shell filled with high resistance electric heating alloy heating material filled around the heating wire and compacted magnesium oxide with thermal conductivity and electrical insulation composition. A kettle element is the part of an electric kettle that actually turns electrical current into heat thereby heating the water in the kettle. If this element has stopped heating it should be replaced. When the kettle is plugged into an electrical outlet a large electric current flows into the heating element.

The main element of the electric kettle is the heater which is responsible for the heating capacity of the kettle it is located under the metal plate of the kettle. A corrosion resistant insulated heating element. You can see the heating element led indicator which is the actual main component of the electric kettle. If the cord and element checks out as good then this micro switch is pro.