Yea you’re talking about small DC powered fans. You should be fine.
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Yes. The only issue you’ll have is that these things are rarely designed to last more than a few thousand hours. The power supply will probably need replacing at least once a year.
Even if the fan stalls, its not going to overheat or catch fire.
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perfect thanks. I dont mind replacing, but safety is numero uno.
Dang, I think I have the same kettle and I took it apart to see what’s up. Did yours fail at one of the bigger main wires? I have mine sitting on the honey dew shelf waiting for me to solder it back together. Guess I should take some extra care when doing it?
It originally failed at the circular connector between the base and kettle - there was a period where it would only make the connection at a certain range of angles, then it just stopped making it entirely.
So I bypassed the connector and base and directly attached/soldered the mains wires to the wires originally attached to the female (kettle) end of the connector (not directly to the element - it still went through the “on” light and switch at the top of the handle). I don’t think I bypassed any fuse or safety features or anything, and it still worked fine for another year or so as I wrote above…
I don’t think the melting was related to my shoddy handiwork tbh. When it happened I’d just made a cup of tea where I completely emptied the kettle, and it seems the switch stuck on afterward so it just kept heating and heating until the base melted. I didn’t touch the switch during my repair work, so I guess it was just old and malfunctioned…
It was quite a surprise though. I’d closed my bedroom door and there were several minutes where I was thinking “hmmm…this green tea smells really smoky, that’s weird!”, before I went back out to find the living room completely full of smoke. Had to hold my breath to run to the kitchen and unplug it then douse it in the sink and escape to the balcony for a while. 
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