"Dennis@home" wrote in message
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On 29/08/2014 16:38, Ian Jackson wrote:


As the previous poster suggests, this may be a move to reduce peak power
consumption - but this simply faulty logic. The result will simply be
appliances being used for longer in order to fulfil their intended
purpose, As a result, at any one time, you might have (say) two 1kW
kettles on (overlapping use) instead of one 1.5kW followed by a second
1.5kW.

You must already have the new EU kettles, mines 3kW.
Takes about 30 seconds to boil a mug of tea.

you do know you're not supposed to put the tea in the kettle

tim