Re: Which kettle?

["Brendan" <jbh@xxxxxxx>]

'Bout 25 years ago there was a product around called a 'TeasMaid' .......
did pretty much what you want .......

B
-----Original Message-----
From: Harrison, Mark (Alliance) <Mark.Harrison@xxxxxxx>
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Date: 01 September 1999 18:35
Subject: [ukha_d] Which kettle?


>This is not "domestic_appliances@xxxxxxx", but a genuine
question:
>
>Consider the following scenario:
>
>- Before I go to bed, I fill up my kettle, and turn it on (at the
>kettle), but plugged into a controlled socket.
>- In the morning, my HA system turns on the kettle (either at a
>predefined time, or 'cos I hit a remote switch).
>- I clean my teeth, and go to the loo.
>- I go downstairs, the kettle has now boiled.
>- I make coffees.
>
>This works fine, until Saturday morning, when:
>
>- ... I clean my teeth, and go to the loo.
>- I decide to go back to bed for an hour.
>- I go downstairs, the kettle has now boiled.
>- Unfortunately it's got to boiling, and thermostat has turned it off.
>- It's then cooled down again.
>
>What I therefore need is a kettle with a thermostat that both turns
>_off_ at 100degrees, but also back on again when it drops to 95degrees.
>It probably also has an on-off switch for use by Joe Punter who doesn't
>have a remote controlled socket.
>
>I've not been able to find one, let alone one that also is
"cordless".
>
>Can anyone help?
>
>Mark Harrison
>European IT Manager, BP/Bovis Alliance
>Tel: +44 20 8869 1439
>Fax: +44 20 8423 7711
>
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