#electronics beings of Fedi, can you please tell me how to #repair this switch in my electric kettle? it looks like it’s been exposed to a lot of water (hot water leaked into the electronics of the kettle) and it’s rusted. the problem is that it doesn’t complete the circuit when it’s in the “on” position. I want to either disassemble and clean the rust off of it or just buy a replacement switch

but, I can’t even disconnect it from its electrical connectors. they look like you can just pull them off, but I’ve been pulling fairly hard and they won’t budge

so my questions are:

• how do I get the electrical connectors to disconnect?
• is there a way to disassemble this switch?
• should I even be messing with this, or should I just buy a new kettle?

@kasdeya the rusty metal piece is probably the thing that turns off the machine.
Most likely bimetal part that snaps at the destination temperature.
This is hard to repair.
Maybe you can take it out and use some chemicals to clean it, but thats not in my comfort zone.
Maybe you can replace the switch whole?
You can for sure pull the connectorclamps off with tongs.