In article , Dave Plowman (News)
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All down to the common 110 volts and the maximum current you can take from
an outlet - IIRC means about 1 KW element as opposed to our 3. Would take
forever to boil.

Mum and dad have one; it has a very small water capacity compared to UK
kettles, so does manage to boil in a reasonable time. Rather scary
thing though - no earth conection, single-insulated cable, no auto-
cutoff, very cheap and plasticky, etc.

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