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Re:Power surges in Britain caused by millions of people maki... by finnw on Monday January 07, 2013 @10:27AM (#5021380)
That will remove limescale from the heating element. Unfortunately some of it also finds its way into the auto-cutoff mechanism, causing it to switch off prematurely (or occasionally fail to switch off.)
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