Electric kettle, or gas kettle? Which is cheapest? RESULT!

[Gramaisc]

£21 and 40 minutes left.

Blimey - I can't believe how much it's fetching considering how "used" it looks (7 years it says)

How expensive were these new then??

Easy £30, even years ago, there were copper and chrome ones in that design. There is this one - subject to approval by the domestic supervisor..

 

[wmrcomputers]

I quite liked the original kind like in that listing, but would prefer new.
Not so keen on the towsure one though, but cheers for looking anyway.

I suppose the copper ones are quite difficult to keep looking new. Might just stick with the basic plan which is a £15 basic one in translucent red from Argos. Bonus point - 10 years guarantee.

 

[Gramaisc]

The copper ones were lacquered, but that wouldn't last for ever, especially on gas - hence the chrome version, but there was a further premium on the price of those..

 

[wmrcomputers]

You need to put the sensor of a 'whole house meter' around either the live or neutral wire, both not both, or the fields will just cancel each other out. If you have it around a two or three core cable then it should read zero, if all is well..

Spot on advice that was G thanks! I've now placed it around the positive feed only to my light show equipment, and it seems to be reporting the kind of consumption I expected.
Skill point for solving my idiocy in this matter

 

[basil]

Burning gas indoors is unhygienic as it contaminates all surfaces.......

 

[Gramaisc]

Burning gas indoors is unhygienic as it contaminates all surfaces.......

CH4 + 2 O2 → CO2+ 2 H2O + 891 kJ/mol.....?

 

[basil]

Burning gas indoors is unhygienic as it contaminates all surfaces.......

CH4 + 2 O2 → CO2+ 2 H2O + 891 kJ/mol.....?

you got it......

 

[Gramaisc]

Might just stick with the basic plan which is a £15 basic one in translucent red from Argos. Bonus point - 10 years guarantee.

I can report that I found the coffee produced with the water from it to be perfectly adequate just now.

 

[wmrcomputers]

lol

 

[Gramaisc]

Mustard mit I prefer gas kettles, but sadly don't have a gas stove any more

Aah, but you can still have a gas kettle -

..not too late to get it on the Christmas list?.

 

[wmrcomputers]

That would be awsome for in the car and days out

 

[Gramaisc]

That would be awsome for in the car and days out

You might like to use it at least ten metres from a vehicle - the early ones could be quite 'exciting', apparently..

 

[Trumpet]

This http://www.kellykettle.com/ works well for the outdoors and costs bugger all to use. Waste packaging, twigs, sticks or just about anything (within reason) will work in it.