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Ours also automatically shuts off, but the water boils for about 10-15 seconds before there is enough steam to heat up the "off" switch. When the jug is almost full this drops to only a few seconds. When I'm in the kitchen I try to manually switch it off as the water starts to boil, or just before, since those extra seconds can probably save 10%-20%.
Hopefully next year we will install a hot water tank in the basement, heated by solar panels and ventilation heat pump. Then I will fill the jug with warm water at the start, knowing it came at least partially from RE, requiring less energy to boil it. Now our hot water comes from an on-demand gas heater, which is not very efficient, plus I'd waste a lot of cold water waiting for the hot.
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