Few things that your electric kettle wants you to know for its safe operation

A basic requirement for making different varieties of tea or coffee is hot water. Electric Kettle is the most common appliance in your kitchen to boil the water. It is an essential item in the kitchen of every household.

Being yet another electric appliance, there are certain inbuilt safety features and some precautions that every user should know for the safe operation of the appliance. Here are a few for electric kettles.

• Before you buy, look out for various inbuilt safety features in the kettle. For instance find out the availability of Overheat protection, Boil Dry isolation, Auto Shut off, Pouring nozzle, Cool touch handles, etc. To know more about these safety features and other features in an electric kettle that influences its buying refer to the best buying guide for an electric kettle.
• After you make a purchase, first of all, since there is one or more difference between the manufacturing designs or material of the kettle so for safe operations refer to it instruction manual. This is the foremost thing that most users ignore. Know various parts in it, their operations, safety precautions, fault diagnoses, warranty, and after-sales directions.
• Fill the water as per the marking label. Whereas overfilling will result in hot spills, underfilling will result in Dry boiling of the kettle
• If it is not a multi kettle, do not try to boil any other beverage like milk in it. It will result in damaging your kettle.
• Try using soft water. Hard water will result in scaling on the base of the kettle, thus reducing its efficiency and becomes difficult to clean.
• Regularly check any damages to the kettle or its base, especially in the case of glass kettles where utmost care is required. It may result in injury, burn, or shock in case you run a kettle in a damaged condition.
• There are hot zones in the kettle. The body of the kettle is the hottest area. Also, you need to take care of areas where the steam exhaust is there.

An electric kettle is a thing of daily use, so it is important that users use it as per the directions given above for its safe operation. It is also essential for the long life of the kettle and also the efficiency of the kettle.