Repairing spring contact in kettle base

Mine was Brita suppose they are all pretty much the same. Now I don;t take the kettle of the base to fill it I use a pint glass to fill it up, in theory this should make it last twice as long. I also think lifting it on and off the base wheile it's on and boiling caused a few problems in my previous but one kettle.

AIUI, many of these connectors are made by STRIX, anything similar?

Been doing that for years and never had a base fail.

Tim

Which kettle is it? I noticed this base:

Good spot. Mine's a similar model (TWK8633)to that TWK8637 so the base might be the same. OTOH £22.99 doesn't feel good VFM when a entire new kettle & base with 2 year warranty was only £60.

Thanks but I couldn't see anything by STRIX that matched.

The only reference number on mine brings up some connectors but nothing that matches. (Might be that Bosch prices let them have such parts made to their spec for their exclusive use?)

I thought I had a base I was keeping for spares, but I've just been up in the loft and it looks as if I dumped it during the clearout 3 months ago! :-(

The first thing I would try would be to straighten out the right-angle springy bit to give more length, bend up a tab in the end of it by 45 deg and use solder to sweat the tab to the input part. You might have to cut away a bit of the plastic base to allow for the straightened length instead of the original right-angle.

On 09/04/2022 08:39, Bob Eager wrote: <snip>

Thanks for looking.

Thanks but sadly I'm confident that's way beyond my skills. I'm already worried about the geometry needed to bring the electrical contact back in the slot, at the right height, and level. The photos don't show clearly that the only right-angle is at the break. After that there are

Looking at that base, is this anything like what you need?

I would solder some wires onto the kettle contacts, wire these to a 13A plug and glue this to the underside of the kettle. You'd probably need three or four feet glued on as well to give sufficient height. Then you can make a base out of a 13A socket on a piece of wood.

:)

I thought at first you'd hit the bullseye as that's the same overall size and shape, and has the same 5 contacts in much the same places. But (after overlaying the images) the contacts don't all go to the same rings and none is the shape I need.

But then I'd lose the multiple temperatures and flashing lights on the kettle base! (This is the kettle 'er indoors pointed me to after reading the review on the John Lewis website which began "I sent him out to buy a kettle and he cam back with the Starship Enterprise".)

You could always make them a cheeky offer. I doubt they've had much interest.

There are similar items 'for spares' for very little money. For example,

Maybe best to stick to the exact same model number?

A new kettle's only a few quid.

Not if you want it to produce say 70 degree water. Do keep up at the back there!

I don't recall the OP ever mentioning that