I am probably a "sick" person, since I constantly look into stores with cheap goods. I know that cheap cannot be of high quality, but I still buy. This time I decided to buy an electric kettle, for future crafts. Since I still have to disassemble it, I put it to the test. But first things first. Unpacking and instructions inside the gallery, leafing through the photos.
By characteristics, disadvantages:
- The kettle's low power, 1500 W, boils longer, but saves the wiring.
- A thin layer of metal 2 mm, that's a savings!
- Short, plastic cord. 50 cm.
- The contact pad on the kettle is made of iron, but brass on the base.
- Smelly handle, rough cheap plastic joints.
Trials!
Auto shutdown test when working without water. The kettle had time to turn off before it melted, a light smoke poured out of the body through the holes through the holes.
There was no water in the garage to check the kettle for its intended purpose, so the snow had to be melted. They managed to melt it, but not very quickly.
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Contact stand. There is a margin of safety, assembled neatly.
The kettle itself at the bottom is well assembled. High temperature protective braided wires. Is the heating element soldered!? to the bottom of the kettle. Under the contact pad there is a plate that cuts off the power supply in case of overheating. Below is a video of how they work. The heating element is covered with white scale, was overheated in my test.
The handle also has a switch with a thermo plate. When steam rises inside the duct, an automatic shutdown occurs.
Tested the fuse and circuit breaker with a hair dryer.
And here is the video:
It remains only to check everything with a magnet. It turned out that the case is made of stainless steel to which the neodymium magnet is not magnetized.
To drink or not drink from the teapot?
I myself will not dare to take boiling water from it. But you can use it to drink uninvited guests. Warm up water for washing or in order to water the cattle in the village. Or disassemble for parts. As I did. There is an interesting idea related to the function of the kettle, but I'll tell you about this next time.
Why is it so cheap?
Apparently they are bought in huge wholesale directly from the manufacturer's factory, plus thin metal and saved where possible, without sacrificing functionality.
These are the "pies" friends, and what do you think about this?
By the way, I recently took a screwdriver on LI-ion batteries in the same store and was surprised at its performance. Not believing my hands, I even disassembled it, here are links to articles here and here.