In message , Andy Burns
writes
Harry Bloomfield wrote:

Tim Lamb wrote:

switching off kettles by lifting the jug from the base

They have a switch in the base to swith the supply when
the kettle is lifted.

Perhaps the older "jug" style ones with the connector at the back did
(I haven't got one left to check) but the more common ones now have a
coaxial connector, that's permanently live. Mine has a paddle switch
on the kettle itself, not sure if they all do?

I had a quick look at our *noisiest kettle in the world* and found a
tiny plastic plunger inside the coax assembly which presumably isolates
the contacts and backs up the paddle switch.


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Tim Lamb