Is it normal for a percolator to......

[Woodland Woman]

make weird, very loud clicking type noises when you first plug it in?

I have used a stove top percolator for years and recently got an electric one.

When I first plug it in it makes strange noises for a while until it starts actually percolating.

Is this normal or do I have a defective percolator?

 

[2dream]

I have never used one myself = but will be interested in the response you get.

 

[Marianne]

My mother's makes some strange noises for a while too, but I don't remember very loud noises. Hmmm..

edited because I can't spell today.

 

[i_am2bz]

I've only used the off-grid (non-electric) kind myself....

 

[dacjohns]

Might be the elements expanding when they heat up and the bubbles forming as the water heats. I have an electric pot I used to use and it seems like it made noises.

 

[Lady Henevere]

Yes, it's normal.

 

[TanksHill]

So what kind of Percolator did you get? I bought an old one from goodwill a while back. I thought is was stove top. Turned out to be electric with no plug!!

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