How to extend a kettle flex?
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What's wrong with that? 
Junction box has no strain relief / cable clamping.
It is not waterproof and therefore in a puddle on the work surface it would present a hazard of shock or RDC trip.
Leads should not hang below work surface. It could be caught by someone moving there and the kettle full of scalding water could be pulled off the work surface onto the person.
If the lead has to be extended then an inline connector with strain relief should be used be used and fitted as close the plug as possible.
Consider attaching the connector to the wall.
It is not waterproof and therefore in a puddle on the work surface it would present a hazard of shock or RDC trip.
Leads should not hang below work surface. It could be caught by someone moving there and the kettle full of scalding water could be pulled off the work surface onto the person.
If the lead has to be extended then an inline connector with strain relief should be used be used and fitted as close the plug as possible.
Consider attaching the connector to the wall.
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sparkyspike
Buy a longer lead.
kettle is in a office/kitchen of a multi-national company, also no PAT label! The kitchen was refurb by a building firm 'that do there own electrics'!
A longer lead would not be possible there, as that kettle is one of those useless types where the base is separate from the kettle itself and the lead is permanently wired to the base.
It is also a jug style, which typically have a design fault where boiling hot steam leaks from the hinge at the back of the lid, burning the hand of the person pouring the water out of it.
Even if it was a normal type, you won't (or certainly shouldn't) find any long kettle leads for sale - they are short so that you can't fill the kettle while it is plugged in.
It is also a jug style, which typically have a design fault where boiling hot steam leaks from the hinge at the back of the lid, burning the hand of the person pouring the water out of it.
Even if it was a normal type, you won't (or certainly shouldn't) find any long kettle leads for sale - they are short so that you can't fill the kettle while it is plugged in.
so open the base and install a longer flex... duh...
The whole point of those kettles is that you lift the jug off the base and that magically disconnects the power from the jug while you fill it
But it doesn't look as though it actually needed to be any longer...
And on the black version the button operated lid opening mechanism puts a lot of pressure on the hinge which then distorts. The lid release mechanism then fails when the hinge is out of shape.
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