I have a morphy richards cordless kettle about a year old, with a filter,
recently I have noticed a strange smell ike burnt plastic whenever it boils,
and the water tastes of this.

I have so far removed the plastic water filter at the top of the kettle, but
the smell and taste still remains whenever I use the kettle, there is a tiny
amount of limescale at the bottom, but I doubt if this would alter the taste
of the water, ofcourse I no longer use the kettle, but just want to know
what could be wrong, before discarding it.

Nospam wrote

I have a morphy richards cordless kettle about a year old, with a filter,
recently I have noticed a strange smell ike burnt plastic whenever it boils,
and the water tastes of this.

I have so far removed the plastic water filter at the top of the kettle, but
the smell and taste still remains whenever I use the kettle, there is a tiny
amount of limescale at the bottom, but I doubt if this would alter the taste
of the water, ofcourse I no longer use the kettle, but just want to know
what could be wrong, before discarding it.

Check the plug for internal arcing.
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-blj-