On Tue, 30 Mar 2021 06:13:30 -0700 (PDT), trader_4
wrote:

On Monday, March 29, 2021 at 5:43:19 PM UTC-4, wrote:
On Mon, 29 Mar 2021 09:26:32 -0700 (PDT), trader_4
wrote:

On Sunday, March 28, 2021 at 2:08:53 AM UTC-4, wrote:

Not just the UK, I have one. It's 120V, about 1500 watts. It's perfect for
making coffee, tea, cocoa. I also use it when I'm going to boil water for something
like making spaghetti. I put half the water in a pot on the stove, half in
the electric kettle. Gets to boiling water in half the time.

They will correct you. The US caps anything with a 5-15 plug on it at
1440 watts but those 230v kettles are over 2kw and they go FAST.

Not sure who the "they" is. I just looked at the tag on the Breville electric
kettle sitting here. It says 1500W, right next to the UL listing. Would I prefer
that our homes used 240V instead of 120V so some small number of
appliances like this could benefit? Sure, but I don't think that's going to
happen.
"They" are NEMA, NFPA and the labs. U/L (or any NRTL) does not certify
that the labeling is correct not even that it performs as advertised,
only that flame won't escape if it burns up.
They also insure a cord and plug connected piece of equipment will not
exceed 80% of the rating of the plug. 120x15x.8= 1440

If I can find my Kill-a-Watt, I'll measure it and see the actual.



The biggest liars are the ones who label hair dryers.
The main "burners" on my stove are 2.6KW. If you cover the pot, it
boils the 3 or 4 quarts of water for spaghetti pretty fast. You do
need pans that contact the heat well. (slick top stove and flat bottom
pans)

And it gets there much faster with half in the electric kettle, which adds
another 1.5KW to the process.
I am not in that big a hurry to boil the water. I have usually been
cooking the sauce for hours. An extra couple of minutes doesn't change
much.

First you bring up that my electric kettle is no good because the EU ones
are 2KW so they heat faster, now you say that you're in no hurry to boil water.
Go figure.

We were talking about tea kettles. You went off into the weeds about
boiling pasta.