My Aunt
having boiled a kettle would then keep the remaining water she had not used in a Thermos flask to keep it warm & would then pour it back in to the kettle when she then needed to boil it again as this saved electricity.
( lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Mon 27 Oct 2008, 9:53, 14 replies)

this is actually quite clever
not that I'd do it
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 27 Oct 2008, 10:01, closed)

This really is
quite clever. I don't do it, but I very well may do when my tea-loving friends are over
( uberdeity Wondered why Owen Lars knew of the term "hell" on, Mon 27 Oct 2008, 10:02, closed)

What a great idea!
I'll be using this, once I manage to ponce a thermos flask from freecycle, of course :P
( jim_bob can herd cats., Mon 27 Oct 2008, 10:06, closed)

Personally
I just boil one cup of water at a time if i'm the only one drinking tea.

But I have a posh kettle with the flat element at the bottom so any water will cover it.
( Bazongaloid, Mon 27 Oct 2008, 10:14, closed)

used to be..
on those late night, just before end of transmission, tips on TV. The ones that reminded you to unplug things turn the cat off, and put the lights out.

I am that old!!!
(smells-like-victory-v's, Mon 27 Oct 2008, 10:16, closed)

Sounds sensible to me
Boiling a kettle takes an enormous amount of energy.

However, as another poster said - the best thing to do is simply not to overfill the kettle: boil only the amount of water which you actually need at that time.
(EuroSong I love horse meat: best of all the animals, Mon 27 Oct 2008, 11:04, closed)

if only there were kettles...
... with thermos-like insulation, it'd make this so much easier.

Erm, hang on, ... why aren't there insulated kettles?

EDIT: OK, there are insulated kettles... though whether they're up to thermos standards or not I don't know.
(haberman is singing in the changes, Mon 27 Oct 2008, 11:17, closed)

Yeah just had this same idea.
Thermosk flask kettles :) Great energy saver.!Would get a huge fook off grant from the government for inventing and making them. Then you can charge the public a fortune for them because its "green" and save them electric bills :)
(Miggyman, Mon 27 Oct 2008, 13:34, closed)

do an internet search
... there's one you can buy for 90 quid. Sound like a bargain ... pays for itself in^H^Hat no time, I'd think.
(haberman is singing in the changes, Mon 27 Oct 2008, 15:14, closed)

Just one problem
with this, i.e. water boiled once, then boiled again, makes horrible tea.
(Dr Skagra glorious glargzhem, Mon 27 Oct 2008, 13:11, closed)

You
are right.

Although my kettle does need de-scaling/replacing, which could make a difference.
( Moey, Mon 27 Oct 2008, 14:33, closed)

Bollocks does it
So, you have to completely empty out the kettle every time you've boiled it before using it again? And you buy expensive 'guaranteed never to have been boiled' bottled water at the shops?

Or maybe it's all in yer head.

Jayz - you're at the level of my missus who regularly complains that water goes 'stale'.
(MartinB9999, Mon 27 Oct 2008, 17:26, closed)

ane fule kno
that reboiled water, shit tea makes.
(never-right -getting it wrong since '78, Mon 27 Oct 2008, 19:24, closed)

Your dead right
This *is* the kind of thing that a fool would "know"...
(apologies_for_length, Tue 28 Oct 2008, 10:10, closed)