On Fri, 27 Apr 2018 17:14:47 +0100, wrote:

On Fri, 27 Apr 2018 13:56:59 +0100, "Jimmy Wilkinson Knife"
wrote:

That is really a Canadian thing. They like having two 120v circuits on
one yoke in the kitchen. It is not that common in the US.

Really handy to be able to run the toaster and the coffeemaker or
kettle side by side without running cords across the contertop - and
without tripping the breaker or blowing the fuse - - -

But American kettles are only a few hundred watts :-)
And most of them still use the ****ing stove to heat water.

Most Americans would ask, what's a kettle?

We don't drink that much tea and coffee comes from a coffee maker.

Don't you cook anything in boiling water? Are you really a third world country?

If they just want a cup of hot water they throw it in the microwave.

Which takes ages to heat anything, the output is roughly only one kilowatt.

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