Who knows what a Tauchsieder is in English?

By the way, I mean one that plugs into the mains, not the car ciggie lighter.

MM

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Try Googling for 'beverage heater'.

Thanks, Gary, but yes, I want a mains version. I can get one in Germany from any department store that has an electrical section (e.g. Karstadt), but I've never seen them in Britain.

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I've seen them advertised in things like the Innovations catalogue and on sale in 'travel' type shops/departments.

I think my Dad has one but I have no idea where he bought it.

Searching for Cup Immersion Heater turns up lots.

Years ago, it was a common Pifco product in the UK (I had one at university, and it's probably still somewhere in the family). I've still seen them around, but not as frequently nowadays.

Would be rather slow heating a saucepan, although a former colleague used to use one to boil a teapot on her desk.

Yo'ur talking about a "beverage heater", a girl had one of these when I was a student in halls (in the early 80s), she called it a beaker heater, it worked of the mains so they must exist/be available. Maybe a speciality electrical shop?

Having a quick grep on the 'net all I can see is 12V versions, would one of these with some sort of mains adaptor not work?

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I had one but would never get another. IMO too dangerous. They burned out rather spectacularly. Tipped the mug over and charred the carpet, but I caught it in time :-) The equivalent safe bit of kit is a tiny 240V electric kettle, about 3/4 lifter about 750W. They are quite common, but I can not find a picture of one on sale on line.

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The 12V versions are IME drastically underpowered, threw mine away.

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Yep, that's the kind of thing, though according to the seller's notes it doesn't have burn-out protection (which the more expensive German ones do).

By the way, the 12V version would probably be enough for a mug of water, but not a saucepan full. But it would be a lot of hassle obtaining a suitable a mains adapter. I may just have to be patient until I next pop over to Hamburg at Christmas.

MM

No, nothing like what I'm looking for. The kind of coiled element 'beaker heater' I'm looking for costs around a tenner.

MM

Many things are is dangerous if one doesn't take sufficient care. Think: chain saw, electric drill, electric carving knife, electric plane, and a 101 things besides. Also, some of the latest ones come with burn-out protection. I am beginning to think the dearth of suppliers in the UK is down to the nanny state having declared them to be unsafe or undesirable. No worries. I'll just buy mine in Germany.

MM

really - apart from the colour and price it looks the same to me 1000w

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I think you may be right - however I thought my one was dngerous enough to ditch for one of the diddy kettles for me cupasoup at work

mike

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If you google for "travel kettle" you'll find millions, including one from Argos

mike

One place I worked we weren't allowed a kettle because of "health and safety" but we were allowed one of them cup-boilers.

Their main weakness is that, unlike soldering irons, they don't usually have a convenient stand to put them when hot, but not in use.

Owain

looks pretty much like your picture to me