I'm trying to fix this electric kettle, (it looks less than 10 yrs old
maybe about 5 years old) for a friend. Not an 'electronics repair' I
know, but I don't know any good 'white goods' repair groups, maybe
someone could point me in the right direction....

Apparently it got left on and boiled dry. Now, when you try to use it,
the power switch neon is lit but no heat comes. it stays like that
indefinitely.

I measured the element (in circuit) and got a reading of some 6 ohms.
no idea if that's good or bad.
my gut feeling is that there's a thermal protector gone o/c.
I 'm tempted just to say junk it and get another as I really don't
want to spend (=waste!) much time on it...:-/

any thoughts?
TIA