On Thu, 26 Apr 2018 05:13:34 +0100, Clare Snyder wrote:

On Wed, 25 Apr 2018 20:54:24 -0600, rbowman
wrote:

On 04/25/2018 01:22 PM, Jimmy Wilkinson Knife wrote:
On Tue, 24 Apr 2018 23:42:13 +0100, wrote:

On Tue, 24 Apr 2018 19:57:09 +0100, "Jimmy Wilkinson Knife"
wrote:


But you can't plug up to a 3.1kW device into any outlet you like
anywhere in the house. Power tools, fan heaters, kettles, irons, two
things on one adapter, there are so many things that half the power
just ain't enough for. It's so much more convenient in the UK to be
able to power anything in any room from any socket.

How much portable 3KW equipment do you have? It is pretty hard to find
anything you can carry around except your 2kw tea pots that is more
than 1440w. We are not in that big a hurry to drink tea ... or drink
tea at all.
I drink iced tea but I cold brew that.

2.4kW actually, and they're called kettles. How the **** do you heat
hot water to make coffee, tea, or to put in a saucepan to cook food?

I turn the burner on...
For cooking - for sure.

Or for coffee or tea I use the Kuerig.

A 1500 watt kettle heats water plenty fast enough for making hot
beverages.

Does it hell. I find myself tapping my foot for a kettle or microwave. **** knows how people managed to cook in ovens. If you're hungry now, you'll be starving in an hour.

The old toasters were also pretty fast. I think some of the cheap
Chinese crap we get is made for 240 with a 120 volt cord - - REALLY
slow compared to the older North American made stuff.

I think if you put 120V across a 240V heating element it wouldn't toast at all. P=V^2/R, so one quarter of the heat. You'd just get warm bread.

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