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minus-squareSpaceCowboylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·3 months agoI rarely use all four elements on my stove at the same time so 99% of the time the kettle is sitting on an unused element instead of taking up counter space like an electric kettle would.
minus-squareChadus_Maximus@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-23 months agoIt you put the electric kettle on your stove it doesn’t take up counter space.
minus-squareSpaceCowboylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·3 months agoIf I turn on the wrong burner? Right now, that just heats up a kettle that’s designed to be heated up by an element underneath it. If I have an electric kettle on that burner? I got a melted kettle and possibly a fire. Important safety tip: One of the most common causes of fire in the home is people putting stuff on the stove that isn’t meant to be there.
I rarely use all four elements on my stove at the same time so 99% of the time the kettle is sitting on an unused element instead of taking up counter space like an electric kettle would.
It you put the electric kettle on your stove it doesn’t take up counter space.
If I turn on the wrong burner?
Right now, that just heats up a kettle that’s designed to be heated up by an element underneath it.
If I have an electric kettle on that burner? I got a melted kettle and possibly a fire.
Important safety tip: One of the most common causes of fire in the home is people putting stuff on the stove that isn’t meant to be there.