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Electric kettles and bimetallic thermostats #1
Almost all electric kettles work the same way: there's a steam tube running down from the water compartment to a bimetallic thermostat at the bottom that clicks the heating element off when the water boils. The idea was developed by English inventor John Taylor and commercialized by his company Strix, which has sold an estimated one billion thermostats of this kind!
This photo shows the steam tube running down the back of a typical kettle.
It's from our article about electric kettles.
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Electric kettles and bimetallic thermostats #1
Almost all electric kettles work the same way: there's a steam tube running down from the water compartment to a bimetallic thermostat at the bottom that clicks the heating element off when the water boils. The idea was developed by English inventor John Taylor and commercialized by his company Strix, which has sold an estimated one billion thermostats of this kind!
This photo shows the steam tube running down the back of a typical kettle.
It's from our article about electric kettles.
Our images are published under a Creative Commons Licence (see opposite) and are free for noncommercial use. We also license our images for commercial use. Please contact us directly via our website for more details.