Electric Kettle Repair - stuck lid and leaking at the base fixed!

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Electric Kettle Repair - stuck lid and leaking at the base fixed!

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Cuisinart CPK-17 is a great and very popular electric kettle, with two very common problems that plague many owners after a while. One is that the lid does not pop up anymore, and another one is that the kettle slowly leaks at the base. I happen to own a kettle with both of these issues, so let's fix them! [ Chapters! Use these to jump to individual sections if you want to ;) ]
As there are no replacement parts available, we will reconstruct some of the parts. The tricky part is that we want to make sure that all the operations and the materials are food-safe. This may complicate things quite a bit ;)
Extended worklog version is on the sibling JMI Works channel:
• [JMI wLog] Electric Ke...
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Disclaimer:
This video is only for entertainment purposes. Any injury, damage, or loss that may result from improper use of tools, equipment, or from the information in this video is the sole responsibility of the viewer.
00:00 Intro
00:16 Cuisinart CPK-17 lid and leak issues
01:08 Overview
01:29 Kettle disassembly
05:39 What is the problem with the lid mechanism?
07:36 Why does the kettle leak?
09:09 Plan for fixing the lid mechanism in a food-safe way
10:25 Plan for fixing the leak
12:08 Recreate that broken plastic tab!
14:33 Reinforce with stainless steel mesh
16:14 Double-side it!
18:19 Sculpted plastic tab
20:08 Reassemble the lid mechanism
20:54 Repair leak with silicone tape
22:38 Reassemble the kettle
26:28 Test the lid
26:42 Success - thanks for watching!

Пікірлер: 53

@bethgrover4619 2 жыл бұрын

I fixed my leaky kettle following your tutorial! It’s been working great for about a month now. Thanks so much!

@JustMakeItNow 2 жыл бұрын

Great to hear!

@plasticdez12940 2 жыл бұрын

YOU are brilliant! I was able to piece things back together (broken lid) with your detailed video! Thank you so much! You are better than the actual support line for Cuisinart!

@JustMakeItNow 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic! It would have been much easier if only we only could buy actual spare parts, but alas...

@ghaithmohmmad217 Жыл бұрын

ظظظدد

@frothykillskittens 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this! I was able to fix my broken lid all due to this video.

@JustMakeItNow 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic!

@yprilepov 11 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing this! Silicon tape and steel mesh are awesome tools I didn’t know about. Inspired me to replace the leaky water level indicator with a silicon straw lol. I think the material they use for the indicator isn’t good enough for this purpose. It eventually cracks and leaks (if I’m not mistaken yours is also showing signs of cracking on the inside).

@JustMakeItNow 11 ай бұрын

Yep, you're correct, clear plastic used in the level indicator deteriorates over time (I am sure contact with boiling doesn't help). It starts to develop microfractures which eventually leak :(

@henrykramer6917 10 ай бұрын

Very thorough instructions. Excellent! Thanks

@JustMakeItNow 10 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@mitsuomaruyama Жыл бұрын

Thank you!!! I already repaired the leaking part!!!

@JustMakeItNow Жыл бұрын

This is great! Just keep an eye for slow seepage in case your repair is not completely watertight.

@WilliamScott-kw7dg 2 ай бұрын

Loved this tutorial. My problem is that I can’t get my lid to shut. Any help you can provide on figuring out why it won’t stay shut would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

@JustMakeItNow 2 ай бұрын

When you say it doesn't shut, do you mean the lid doesn't close all the way, or it doesn't lock in the bottom position? If the former, then it is likely lid hinge (outside the lid) is broken (plastic parts). If the latter, it is likely latch mechanism inside the lid, and there is a good chance that it is not completely broken, but parts are misaligned. If you disassemble it and reassemble it, it might work again without re-fabricating any of the parts.

@frankwilson2607 2 ай бұрын

Wow that lid has such poorly-chosen materials for the latch-spring mechanism. A heroic effort to repair on your part! Perhaps a sheet of thin stainles or copper going around the back to both pivots would work. Pity the company doesn't offer an updated part under warranty. Imagine tens of thousands (millions??) of these going into landfill💀

@JustMakeItNow 2 ай бұрын

I agree, with a few spare parts (not to mention slightly better design) a lot of appliances could lead a much longer life. Lid problems are not even the worst ones here, at least these can be reasonably worked around if you're handy. But the parts that are in contact with actual food (well, water here), e.g., level indicator, are almost impossible to repair properly, but could be trivially replaced if parts were available... :(

@leo169 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video, my CPK-17 ended up just too broken to repair and no parts available. Super helpful video on disassembly though. 😊

@JustMakeItNow Жыл бұрын

Glad it helped!

@dorothyfielding8209 Жыл бұрын

Wonderful instructions. Thank you very much!❤

@JustMakeItNow Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@kying415 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your tutorial. Very helpful

@JustMakeItNow Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@paulyoung702 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this. My kettle is leaking at the window. I’ve had it for about 5 years and the windows has become yellow and brittle. I was able to super glue along all the cracks, cover the bottom port and put the top in my mouth like a kazoo. I sucked in to create a vacuum and suck pull the super glue into the cracks. I hope it holds up.

@JustMakeItNow 2 жыл бұрын

This will _probably_ work fine. However, I'd still recommend using silicone tape as I did in the video. My two concerns with using superglue in this application would be toxicity and temperature resistance. Cyanoacrylates (primary superglue component) are generally considered non-toxic when set, but would decompose into highly toxic hydrogen cyanide gas when exposed to high heat (about 200C/400F). In this case glue shouldn't see that kind of temperature (generally should not be above boiling water temp), but I thought I'd mention it just in case. But at just below boiling water temperatures (~90C/195F or even lower) most regular superglues would soften quite a bit, these are not great for high-temperature applications. So there is a chance your fix will fail after a while due to high temperature exposure. If you still wanted to go this route (probably too late for recommendations now ;) ), I'd suggest to look for high-temperature resistant superglues, there are some out there that are rated to 200C/400F or even higher, but these are not very common.

@user-ie2st1bf2y 2 жыл бұрын

@sbe4824 2 жыл бұрын

Please show us how to reassemble the lid if it’s fallen apart. Thank you.

@JustMakeItNow 2 жыл бұрын

Not sure which part you're talking about, but you can see disassembly in more detail at JMI Works: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/e5eCdrVltZy3j6M.html kzfaq.info/get/bejne/e5eCdrVltZy3j6M.html Reassembly is just doing the same in reverse, the lid is fairly straightforward.

@cytherians 2 жыл бұрын

My CPK-17 had been working fine for a year. No leaks. Occasionally a confused processor, where it thinks there's no water (flashes and beeps when trying to start), but unplugging fixes that. Only now, my lid got stuck! I followed your advice and was able to pry the brushed metal disc part off, exposing the mechanism. Just a slight touch with my finger seems to have "freed" the mechanism. Now it works! My only problem is that in the probing to figure out what was wrong, I popped the filter bracket off... can't figure out how to get it back on.

@JustMakeItNow 2 жыл бұрын

Glad that I could help!

@cytherians 2 жыл бұрын

@@JustMakeItNow Thanks. The lid has been working perfectly fine since I freed it. I opened and closed the lid about a dozen times, flawless operation. Ran the kettle about half a dozen times for hot water requirements and nothing changed. It'll be interesting to see if this issue returns once more. At least I know how to remedy it!

@JustMakeItNow 2 жыл бұрын

It's possible it was a one-off situation, but usually there is a reason why things stop working, and unless you fixed the root cause it is likely to reoccur some time later. Well, the good news is that now you're much better prepared for that ;)

@cytherians 2 жыл бұрын

@@JustMakeItNow Yes, my hope is that it was a one-off situation by a random chance of misuse. Someone else had used the kettle first that day. When I went to use it, the lid wouldn't release and rise up. They're aware of what happened. A more gentle hand is being offered... so hopefully that's it. ☺

@cytherians 2 жыл бұрын

I was able to reattach the filter bracket. It is friction fit. You need to align the piece into the curved groove at the top, then pull up on the plastic below enough to get the slot to fit over that "L" metal hook in the metal wall of the kettle.

@JustMakeItNow 2 жыл бұрын

Just wanted to reply reading your previous comment, but you already figured it out! ;)

@cytherians 2 жыл бұрын

@@JustMakeItNow Yep. It's hard to explain without a visual demonstration, but with a little finagling I'm sure most people will figure it out, if they ever run into that problem. Cuisinart did some things right and some things... well, not so good!

@3CarOneGarage 2 жыл бұрын

Good skills, Will try to fix mine. Thanks

@JustMakeItNow 2 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@arlettebellio212 Жыл бұрын

Great instructions! The lid on my kettle isn't opening, but it's not wobbly. Any suggestions? Thank You!

@JustMakeItNow Жыл бұрын

Sure, lock is not really related to wobble, wobble is due to a broken hinge. In your case, there is a good chance that something is either broken or just misaligned in the lid mechanism. Just pop up the top metal cover (it is just pressed in with tabs), then you'll see the lock mechanism and will be able to at least open the lid, and probably fix it. Cheers!

@amydowning6549 Жыл бұрын

Thank you, I searched for leaking issues on this kettle as it started to leak I noticed today, just went and picked up silicone tape, and hopefully that's indeed where the leak is! Do you have suggestions if it leaking where the seal goes into the kettle and not the indicator? Fingers crossed going to go try this tonight!

@JustMakeItNow Жыл бұрын

That's hard to tell. The seal is soft silicone and is unlikely to leak itself. But indicator assembly is a single piece with a nipple that goes into a kettle (via silicone seal), and it is made out of hard transparent plastic. And I believe this plastic over few years deteriorates into brittle, cracking state, probably assisted with being in contact with boiling water. So these microcracks can develop pretty much anywhere at the bottom of the assembly. And that's another reason why you may want to cover as much as you can there with tape, because even if you seal a place that is leaking today, it is likely to leak from somewhere nearby is a short while. I really would prefer if we could just buy the indicator assembly as a replacement part, this would make this fix rather trivial. But alas :(

@user-ei2cz8mg6y 5 ай бұрын

Thank you it helps 🎉

@JustMakeItNow 5 ай бұрын

You're welcome!

@maddgoatee9708 Жыл бұрын

My kettle is 5 years old. Worked yesterday but now it won't heat my water. All the kettle lights come on. I pick a temp and it blinks like before. Hit start button and it lights up white. After a long while of temp light blinking all the buttons go to a neutral blue light. Again after a long while the kettle shuts off. I'm thinking bad heating element or whatever controls it to heat up.

@JustMakeItNow Жыл бұрын

This is a bit weird, sounds like a proper heating cycle according to LEDs. However, if it is a heating element it shouldn't stop attempted heating as it would never reach temperature. If the temp sensor is bad it wouldn't shutoff at all or would shutoff immediately. The only explanation that I can think of is that it is the heating element problem, everything else works fine and kettle thinks it actually is heating up the water. But then there might be a safety timer that shuts off heating after some period of time even if it doesn't reach temperature. . You can follow the video and open up the bottom of the kettle and do a visual inspection, maybe run some continuity tests and see if you can find anything. Though it's unlikely to be something obvious as it seems that most of the kettle works.

@maddgoatee9708 Жыл бұрын

@@JustMakeItNow Correct, lights up and begins the process of heating the water and nothing after that. Thanks for you help I'll open bottom of kettle and run a few continuity test.

@Camifran 5 ай бұрын

Did you fix it? I have the same issue.

@maddgoatee9708 5 ай бұрын

@@Camifran No not yet. Need a Volt-Ohm-Milliammeter tool before I can trouble shoot. If I fix it or not I'll let you know either way.

@aliciacarrascal 2 жыл бұрын

Yo tengo una y no calienta enciende y la luz parpadea y nada que calienta gracias y me podría ayudar

@JustMakeItNow 2 жыл бұрын

That would be an entirely different issue. Take a look at other KZfaq videos, some of them deal with issue of kettle not heating up. Good luck!

@williamwhewell2603 2 жыл бұрын

What is size and where did you get ss mesh Thank you

@JustMakeItNow 2 жыл бұрын

I had a random piece lying around, so can't say exact mesh size. But sizing is not critical. It needs to be stainless, that's the important part. Apart from that, the opening needs to be large enough for softened plastic to squeeze through, so don't go too small. I'd say something between 16x16 and 40x40 if I have to guess.