I don't want to jinx it but the Bosch kettle that failed for @Fox is coming up to its tenth birthday this Christmas. A couple of years ago it had a little hiccup where it sometimes turned off before it got to 100C and I started researching getting a new kettle which seemed to scare it into working faultlessly again.
A kettle is very much like a beautiful woman - in order to get them hot, you have to supply an electric environment and then forcefully flick their switch ( Swiss Tony anyone ? )
I don't want to jinx it but the Bosch kettle that failed for @Fox is coming up to its tenth birthday this Christmas. A couple of years ago it had a little hiccup where it sometimes turned off before it got to 100C and I started researching getting a new kettle which seemed to scare it into working faultlessly again.