Is there a teakettle that's insulated on all but the bottom (so you
can heat water on the bottom, but it doesn't lose heat on the top and
sides)?

The application is keeping a pot of water hot when the power goes
off in an ice storm for a week. A regular kettle with a plumber's
candle under it can heat water to about 60F above the room temperature
and hold it there (plumber's candle burns 13 hours, very handy at two
per day, keep some around), but when the house drops to 30F you're
making instant coffee that's warm but lower than body temperature.

The point is to raise your spirits, and hotter would be better for
that.

Insulation would let you hold water much hotter.

Larger teakettle is better. Basically you fill it when you go to bed
and use it after it's been heated during the day.
--
Ron Hardin


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In article >,
Ron Hardin > wrote:

> Is there a teakettle that's insulated on all but the bottom (so you
> can heat water on the bottom, but it doesn't lose heat on the top and
> sides)?
>
> The application is keeping a pot of water hot when the power goes
> off in an ice storm for a week. A regular kettle with a plumber's
> candle under it can heat water to about 60F above the room temperature
> and hold it there (plumber's candle burns 13 hours, very handy at two
> per day, keep some around), but when the house drops to 30F you're
> making instant coffee that's warm but lower than body temperature.
>
> The point is to raise your spirits, and hotter would be better for
> that.
>
> Insulation would let you hold water much hotter.

Then again, keeping water hot drives out the dissolved air, making it
taste flat. I wouldn't want to make coffee with that. I have a gas
stove, so I'm not worried if power goes out, but if necessary I could
just take out my Coleman Dual Fuel stove to heat water.

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In article >,
Ron Hardin > wrote:

> Is there a teakettle that's insulated on all but the bottom (so you
> can heat water on the bottom, but it doesn't lose heat on the top and
> sides)?
>
> The application is keeping a pot of water hot when the power goes
> off in an ice storm for a week. A regular kettle with a plumber's
> candle under it can heat water to about 60F above the room temperature
> and hold it there (plumber's candle burns 13 hours, very handy at two
> per day, keep some around), but when the house drops to 30F you're
> making instant coffee that's warm but lower than body temperature.
>
> The point is to raise your spirits, and hotter would be better for
> that.
>
> Insulation would let you hold water much hotter.

Then again, keeping water hot drives out the dissolved air, making it
taste flat. I wouldn't want to make coffee with that. I have a gas
stove, so I'm not worried if power goes out, but if necessary I could
just take out my Coleman Dual Fuel stove to heat water.

--
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"Ron Hardin" > wrote in message
...
> Is there a teakettle that's insulated on all but the bottom (so you
> can heat water on the bottom, but it doesn't lose heat on the top and
> sides)?
>
> The application is keeping a pot of water hot when the power goes
> off in an ice storm for a week.

I've never seen one but the does not meat they don't exist. How about a
regular kettle on a propane stove, then a thermos to keep it hot?

If the week long power outage is a common occurrence, you'd need
supplemental heat of some sort to prevent pipe freeze ups anyway. If you
have a generator you can use an electric kettle.
--
Ed
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