Heh.. we thought about that, but there's not much to them to go wrong (we hope!).

Besides, we do plan to upgrade to a 3000W unit with separate base next time over, so it doesn't have to survive for very long.

The tricky bit was whether or not the kettle "logic" (if any) would care that our 240V circuits don't have a neutral line -- both sides are equally "hot". Whereas in the UK, only one wire is "hot", and the other is neutral.

With the five-quid kettle, at least, no issue.

Cheers!