Here is a cheap alternative to having a hot water boiler installed. We use a low ampage hot water boiler. It holds 3.5 litres of hot water and its enough for washing and making hot drinks through the day. We also use this at home, it's always on 24/7. The 3.5 litre fits ok in the kitchen area if it is located at the front with the low overhead lockers.
The previous famous kettle that Eriba owners used was the super kettle which is no longer available..

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B078XHPZZS/r...1_t1_B010E2OMXO

We've been using them for about 10 years. In that time we got through 3 "superkettles" and were disappointed that the people who imported them stopped trading.

Recently we bought one from Amazon and it is badged as an Addis. It's a step up from the Superkettle and looks identical to the one Poptop320 linked to above. We've had this one about 3 months and use it both at home and in the van. It keeps us supplied with hot drinks for 24 hours on a single fill. Takes about 25 minutes to boil from cold and then stays at 96-7 degrees ready for use.

K&S

Why would you think that you'd have to wait 25 minutes for the first cuppa of the day from a superkettle?
The kettle is always on and always ready for use.

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Aha. These "Merkels" occure when someone posts a thread on a page meant for Links only. I will move this thread to the open forum.

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Is it ecologically sound to have something keeping your water hot all the time? I'm just curious as I know nothing about electricity consumption.

Using just the amount you need at the time you need it is always more ecological. As far as convenience is concerned I've always found something usefull to do while a kettle boils.

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Is it ecologically sound to have something keeping your water hot all the time? I'm just curious as I know nothing about electricity consumption.

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Thank you. We only use it twice a day so it probably wouldn't be sound use for us but I guess if you drink a lot of tea then it's a good idea.

Hmm.

Simple physics tells me that - for the a fixed volume of water (3.5l) it must use more electricity to boil and then keep hot (even at only 2watt), compared to simply boiling the same volume of water once.

You simply pay for the convenience of having instantaneous boiling water (sorry nothing is free in this world)

However, in reality, the typical person actually boils more water than needed each time they boil the kettle. So from this point of view it will save electricity.

Is this logic correct?

Dave