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A heating element needs electrical resistance or it won't work. Yes, as per my final point, however that same resistance causes losses. A resistive load is ideal for DC voltages, but wer'e using AC therefore have instantanious phasing errors. An inductive load can also have issues too if the load i...

I have a Wesco whistling kettle that is very well made, has an ingenious spout mechanism and works very well on an induction hob. The problem with electric kettles is that they break. Figures for induction & electric hobs come out somewhat worse than gas hob or electric kettle From results elsw...

Interesting topic and I think some claims are somewhat exaggerated, like that a electric kettle is 100% efficient (meaning no resistance or heat loss & no residual heat in element & kettle body after heating) Personally I would assume an electric kettle at 80% at best. Gas Hob to Hob kettle ...