"Rod" wrote in message
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Bob Mannix wrote:


It has to go into the water and won't affect the boiling time (as long as
scale thickness water dimensions). It will increase the internal
element temperature though, which isn't good.


In a 'traditional' immersed element, yes. But in a more modern flat
element? Surely (some of) it can go through the bottom of the kettle.

Sorry, yes, absolutely. What I said only applies for a fully immersed
element. Ones in the base are rubbish from this point of view. They are
better overall for efficiency though, as they allow the boiling of only the
water you need and the benefit from this (if used properly) would far
outweigh the advantages of being fully immersed.


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Bob Mannix
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