The electric kettle has turned into irreplaceable piece of kitchen utensils long ago. This kitchen assistant is used everywhere - and at home, and at office. However, after some time it breaks and ceases to boil water. What to do in this case? It is the simplest to throw out it and to buy new. And the electric kettle it is possible and it is necessary to repair, and then it will serve not one more year.
Instruction
1. What can usually be seen at the bottom of the electric kettle if to glance inside? Scum. It represents calcium impurity, and is one of the main destroyers of the spirals heating water. Besides, the scum quite often destroys inside face of the electric kettle. It "accrues" on heating coils of teapot that as a result leads to their overheating and combustion. If you have no means for water treatment (such as filter), then problems with scum will constantly appear. That to avoid it, clean interior and spiral of the electric kettle at least once a quarter.
2. Preventive cleaning of scum can be carried out by means of one lemon which is squeezed out in glass with water. Add water with lemon juice to teapot, bring its contents to boiling and leave for 1 hour. Instead of juice of lemon it is possible to fill bag of citric acid in the teapot filled with water to the maximum allowed level. After that wash out the electric kettle and you can continue by it to use.
3. If on inside face of teapot too large number of scum, and she has not left after this procedure, then it is possible to pour in 1 liter of any acidiferous drink in the electric kettle. Thanks to this procedure you clean heating spirals of the electric kettle to initial state. But it is better to look after constantly teapot, using liquid antiscale agent.
4. If in the electric kettle the spiral has fused, then it can be replaced without any problem. For this purpose it is only necessary to pick up new, with similar parameters. Such replacement will not break tightness of the device if the spiral can be replaced without destruction of the body. But if its replacement requires "surgical" intervention, then follows is realistic to evaluate the opportunities. If your qualification for performance of this complex work is not enough, then it is better to use services of the electrician for competent replacement.
5. At operation of the electric kettle often there is other breakage - leak through transparent measured ruler. It occurs because the rubber gasket from the increased heating dries out and as a result leaky adjoins to the body. It is in that case better to address to customer service. As it is correct to pick up sealant which can be used in the electric kettle, quite difficult.
6. It is possible to try to eliminate for a while leak in the electric kettle if to boil in it dry mustard. However the leak is dangerous by water ingress on exposed wires. It is necessary not to forget that the electric kettle is electric device, so, it has to be in good repair. If you never did repair by the hands, then it is better to address to service of service.