Wife has talked me into an impromptu spot of decorating.
Bloody wallpaper stripper has packed up...at the right fill level and gets to boiling point but then cuts out before any steam gets anywhere near the wall. Plug hot - changed fuse which made no difference which I kind of knew would be the case....any ideas before I bin it? Cheers
💡 maybe just let the wife deal with the stripping, you can peel off the soggy bits after.
There cheap enough not to worry about it, though I would expect it the heater element is at fault...the plugs always heat up IME.
plug getting hot suggests its drawing too much current.
Should be quite a simple device inside, maybe a bad connection to the element or limescale build up causing a problem somewhere.
Forgot the wallpaper stripper and either peel off the outer paper and soak the backing paper with hot soapy water then scrape off,
Or score the outer paper and spray with a diluted solution of a product called zinsser dif (wear a mask) you will save yourself hours!
You need to shove more $5 bills in her g string to get a response.
lion - did option 1.
Seems a shame to buy a new one if it's a cheap simple fix though.
Limescale on the element.
I made a ghetto hay steamer for the wife using wallpaper stripper and it stopped working, looked inside and the element was covered, kept cutting out before steam emerged.
Bottle of cheap vinegar in, boil and away to go.
There's not much to them, it's just a big kettle!
There'll be a thermal cut-off in case it runs dry - so a build-up of limescale on the heating elements could cause this to trip.
So try cleaning as suggested above.
Word of advice. I didnt have access to a wallpaper stripper so i did the soak the paper in water trick but i didnt realise how shonky the wiring was in the light switch. Water managed to get in to the socket and ended up electrifying the entire now wet wall which i only realised when i touched it with the scraper. I thought the little tingle/shock in my hand was just cramp or a nerve so i tried again....yep got shocked again. Turned the leccy off as i wasnt really enjoying the experience!