black bits in electric kettle

I have the same thing, and I have to say I've never had any black bits in my water. Is yours made by Kamjove?

MarshalN

kettle:

They're really tiny - from about the size of the little flecks that come out of Brita filters (yes - I'm sure that's not what they are) to just little tiny specks. If I do a bunch of rinses, sometimes they'll mostly go away, but they come back when I boil water in it again.

The one I have isn't a Kamjove. It's from Taiwan; I can't read Chinese, but the English company name given is "Full Means Town Co., LTD" - and the product description says "Warm-Up - A Thermostatic Pot". It looks more or less the same.

I think I'm going to try and see if the store will take it back.

I got a new one today (it looks *exactly* like the Kamjove:

Both of them had the same issue. Looking into it further, I realized that the inside of the spout and the spout side was gunky... I assume remnants of the process used to make the kettle.

Any ideas on cleaning the spout? I don't think just boiling water in the kettle for a while is going to fix it (since I already tried that).

Try shoving a small bottle-brush inside the spout - see if that will dislodge any remaing bits.

Cheers Mal Oz

Anyone know where one is likely to find something like a small bottle brush in the US? The baby bottle brushes I've found are too fat, and there is sometimes a brush for the bottle nipple as well, which is the right diameter, but too short.

A test-tube cleaner would probably work, but I'd most likely have to mail-order it.

This looks like pretty much what I need, but I'd have to mail-order it.

I thought the pet store might have something for something involving fish tanks, but the one by me didn't have anything.

I bought the thinnest one in the photo at Home Depot - the hang tag said it was for removing hair from sink drains. The other two I bought independently (not a set) at a local Ace hardware store.