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A few days ago, I discovered that some bars of the steam-out of my electric thermo pot (which has been used for about 2 years in my house) have been melted down.

The bars in question (not my unit, just for illustration)

(Note: This is not the photo of my pot, it's just for the purpose of making it easier to explain what bars I mean.)

I believe some plastic dusts must have been dropped into the boiling water and of course we were not aware of it. Somebody also drank them unfortunately.

I told my father about this and tell him we should buy a new one of another brand, but he said: "All brands of electric thermo pots are like this when they have been used for some time.".

Is this true? Does the same thing happen to your electric thermo pots?

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Small appliance questions are generally off-topic here. – Chris Cudmore Nov 16 '12 at 16:18
Where are small appliances on topic? – Kaz Dec 5 '12 at 21:53

closed as off topic by Niall C., Karl Katzke, Chris Cudmore, Steven, BMitch♦ Nov 16 '12 at 16:52

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