Except you couldn't drink anything when out on a run on your bike or you'd be seeing a lot of hedges.
I stated a 'fixed volume of water' and made no mention of the vessel containing it, which vary from model to model. The fact remains that its the inefficiencies of equipment that provide the variances and not the process itself. I really should not have to re-iterate that.
Is the "element", which you did refer to, not part of the "vessel" which is clearly implied when discussing the efficiencies of kettles which are unlikely to be perfectly insulated, which was the point I was making
I would hazard the guess that the element or the resistive electrical heat generator is, for all practical analysis, 100% efficient. All the electricity passing through it goes to heat. What you should have meant was the contact factor between the resistive element and the water and perhaps the 'make up' of the 'water' instead. Ie water contaminants and indeed the air dissolved into the water etc that would reduce the elements real efficiency.
No, I was thinking more along the lines that if you pick up a kettle by anything other than the handle you burn your hand.
