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imasoftov

Sun, Dec 03 2017, 4:41 am

Bnei Berak 10 wrote:

OP, the more expensive electric kettles boil your water in zero time.

But I want one that boils the water before you put it in the kettle (with apologies to Issac Asimov)

moonstone

Sun, Dec 03 2017, 4:46 am

amother wrote:

Gah, I'd be afraid of not getting the vinegar out. I once tried scrubbing with baking soda, lots of rinses. My kitchen has those nice sensitive ground fault interrupter outlets, and I think the baking soda created some sort of conductivity, because when I plugged in the urn the fuse blew. It works okay in other places, but I had to get a new urn for the kitchen.

I think I have tried lemon juice. But weekly is way too much work for me. Plus so much time while the urn cools and get it clean and refill, all that time what do I do when I want a hot drink immediately?

I'm hoping one of our scientist amothers will tell us more about stainless steel.

Don't use baking soda- use vinegar as others have suggested. Just rinse afterwards a few times and you won't have any vinegar taste. We do this quite often because of the hard water in Israel.

Bnei Berak 10

Sun, Dec 03 2017, 5:43 am

imasoftov wrote:

But I want one that boils the water before you put it in the kettle (with apologies to Issac Asimov)

An electric kettle will be perfect for you Very Happy

. You get to work on your middat hasavlanut Very Happy

simcha2

Sun, Dec 03 2017, 8:18 am

moonstone wrote:

Don't use baking soda- use vinegar as others have suggested. Just rinse afterwards a few times and you won't have any vinegar taste. We do this quite often because of the hard water in Israel.

You can also use citric acid, it avoids the hot vinegar smell.

fiji

Sun, Dec 03 2017, 8:21 am

We leave it on all week. Once a week we clean it out by boiling vinegar with some water and it comes out looking brand new!

Bluesky 1

Sun, Dec 03 2017, 12:27 pm

I clean it out when I see there is stuff on the bottom but leave my electric hot water pump on all week , 365 days a year till it breaks. My family is big drinkers of hot cocoa and coffee. No time in the morning to wait.

penguin

Sun, Dec 03 2017, 1:06 pm

Anyone have a quick calculation of what it costs to keep it on all the time?

little_mage

Sun, Dec 03 2017, 1:29 pm

I leave mine on. I probably shouldn't, but I do anyway. I've never noticed any problem. To a certain extent, I've always kind of figured that it was staying hot enough to keep things safe.

Aylat

Sun, Dec 03 2017, 1:31 pm

aylat wrote:

ETA a quick google search gives 1.5 kW rating for a 10 litre urn and 20.1 cents per kW hr in NY.

0.2 x 1.5 x (24×7) = 50 dollars per week.
That sounds a lot. Have I made a mistake somewhere?

https://www.npr.org/sections/m.....state
Apparently electricity prices vary a lot by state. (This link is from 2011 and not up to date.)

amother

Silver

Mon, Dec 04 2017, 4:26 pm

Aylat wrote:

ETA a quick google search gives 1.5 kW rating for a 10 litre urn and 20.1 cents per kW hr in NY.

0.2 x 1.5 x (24×7) = 50 dollars per week.
That sounds a lot. Have I made a mistake somewhere?

http://www.megavolt.co.il/Tips......html

150 watts to "keep hot". = .150 KiloWatts

0.201 x .150 x 24 x 7 = $5.00 per week.

but does not take into account adding water which triggers the mechanism to heat (which draws more power than to 'keep warm').

amother

Seafoam

Mon, Dec 04 2017, 4:53 pm

simcha2 wrote:

You can also use citric acid, it avoids the hot vinegar smell.

Where do you get that?

amother

Silver

Mon, Dec 04 2017, 4:57 pm

amother wrote:

Where do you get that?

https://www.amazon.com/Citric-.....r=8-1

creditcards

Fri, Dec 15 2017, 8:28 am

How much vinegar or citric acid do you put in? With how much water? After it boils, do you spill it when still hot or wait till it cools off?

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