UK Desperately need some advice on kettles!

[Etln11]

Hi everyone, I’ve just started uni and we’ve been told that you’re not allowed kettles in our rooms. I’m really curious as to why this might be? I know nothing about kettles or electrics so I desperately need as much advice as I can get. I did ask my uni if we would be allowed camping kettles that have lower watts than hairdryers (that we’re allowed) but they still said no . If anyone could help explain whether there is a genuine reason it would be highly appreciated!
Thank you everyone!!

 

[westward10]

Could be a health and safety issue with the boiling water.

 

[buzzlightyear]

are you aloud a iron in the rooms ,cause more rooms ruined with a iron burn marks on the carpet then a kettle ,lol.

 

[static zap]

Do they have posh stainless steel ones in kitchen?
(Cheap plasticy ones are full of plasticizers )
--Probably more about a power consumption event ...
Synchronised with live TV !

 

[Marvo]

Anywhere else and I'd be thinking about electrical answers to your question but with a university it's more likely to be that making tea is considered offensive to people of ancestral heritage that was on the receiving end of British colonialism sometime in the last few centuries and the humble kettle has become a symbol of that oppression.

 

[static zap]

....it's more likely to be that making tea is considered offensive.....

(sorry iffy context)
.. An inappropriate use of energy - when beer will do !

 

[buzzlightyear]

to people of ancestral heritage that was on the receiving end of British colonialism sometime in the last few centuries and the humble kettle has become a symbol of that oppression

not with me its not ,put the kettle on darling ,if man or woman ,lol.

 

[littlespark]

I’ll ask my daughter who started at Aberdeen uni this year whether they are allowed kettles.

Do you have any cooking appliances?

 

[Marvo]

not with me its not ,put the kettle on darling ,if man or woman ,lol.

Don't worry Buzz, I also swing both ways...I mostly drink coffee but once in a while I get a hankering for a cup of tea.

 

[buzzlightyear]

I’ll ask my daughter who started at Aberdeen uni this year whether they are allowed kettles.

Do you have any cooking appliances?

are they still cooking up there around boulders with sticks in bonny Scotland .
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I not tea any more MAVO is coffee latte ,so when you go in people houses put the giga on chief , whip up a nice creamy coffee .

 

[dmxtothemax]

One possible reason could be power supply capacity,
Each kettle will use 10A @ 230/240V.
imagine one kettle in each room,
How many rooms ?
Your talking serious electrical upgrade
not to mention the chance of fire or burning
we all know how responsible college stundents are

 

[StephenRowley]

Might also be steam setting off fire alarms, also given that I know exactly how daft students can be having been one myself in the past some previous incidents

 

[Pete999]

Coz most won't be PA Tested

 

[FatAlan]

Do you have a dedicated drying room? If so, you’ll find that they’re an ideal location to set up a home brew beer production line. Managed subsidised beer at 20p a pint through my first year at Uni with £10 profit on my initial set up contribution.

 

[Andy5678]

Does it say anything about coffee machines and using the tea capsules?