Hot water kettle. why did i wait so long??
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Yeah. Been using those for years at work for people who wanted tea. Generally better than a water cooler that also has hot water.
However, we had one at home for about 4 years but it eventually started leaking. But a new one was cheap enough. It boils faster and should be more efficient than a stovetop kettle since those tend to leak out heat.
However, we had one at home for about 4 years but it eventually started leaking. But a new one was cheap enough. It boils faster and should be more efficient than a stovetop kettle since those tend to leak out heat.
The induction cook top boils water in under 2 minutes.
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Those things are crazy good!!
Ha-ha...go to England with their 240v. Their water kettles go from 5 to 100 (℃, that is) in <15 seconds.
europe uses 220 for everything i believe, more efficient + electric motors run cooler while making better power. dont know when they started using 220-240 but once everything is that way + wiring to suite its all good, BUT a little more dangerous i would think.
Yup, same for China - I was amazed at how fast they were!
To benjy and anyone else: "BUT a little more dangerous i would think."
They think so too. I rented a 7" circular saw in the UK and a reducing transformer was included. The saw was 110 and US made.
The counterman said they're all like that in case a worker cuts a power line.
They think so too. I rented a 7" circular saw in the UK and a reducing transformer was included. The saw was 110 and US made.
The counterman said they're all like that in case a worker cuts a power line.
We love ours. On our 2nd.
My 80 year old mother in law put it on the gas burner and that was end of the first
electric kettle.
My 80 year old mother in law put it on the gas burner and that was end of the first
electric kettle.Yep, the one with the separate bottom plate is the way to go. When you set the kettle onto it, it activates a small lever (usually lit when heating). When the water is boiling, the lever pops up and the electricity shuts off.
There are some "European" 220 volt, 2000+ watt kettles sold on Amazon, when our current kettle dies I think I am going to get one of those and put in a 240v outlet in the kitchen. Most of the 220v kettles will operate fine at the slightly higher NA voltage.
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I must confess....
I never knew there was a difference between, "110-120". I thought it was just slop in a system, nothing more.
Then, when someone told me that the 110 in our particular situation (West Side of Manhattan years ago) was 108, I concluded it was a party and anything goes until your fridge motor burns out.
ERGO, I foolishly made up my own name for Eurojuice and called it 220-240.
I need to review a bit.
Once, while prowling around in the guts of a dishwasher in Sweden I touched something and ended up across the room.
It was fast and my arm hurt.
I never knew there was a difference between, "110-120". I thought it was just slop in a system, nothing more.
Then, when someone told me that the 110 in our particular situation (West Side of Manhattan years ago) was 108, I concluded it was a party and anything goes until your fridge motor burns out.
ERGO, I foolishly made up my own name for Eurojuice and called it 220-240.
I need to review a bit.
Once, while prowling around in the guts of a dishwasher in Sweden I touched something and ended up across the room.
It was fast and my arm hurt.
Well - the really nice thing about most of these is that there's an auto shutoff. I can just set it an forget it without worrying about burning down my kitchen. I did have one with a hard switch that didn't have an auto shutoff, and that I had to monitor.
Our Keurig coffee maker makes boiling water in under a minute for hot/iced tea..
I've tried that before with one in a hotel room. Don't like it since the water ends up with a residual coffee taste. And then it can get really weird when making tea or hot chocolate in K-Cups.
Our last one quit working when the sensor went open. I considered bypassing it, but decided it wasn't worth not having auto-shutoff.
Our residential voltage is nominally 120 V, but measures 117 (in my house specifically, I mean).
I think it's common in North America for the distribution voltage to be 7.2 kV, stepped down to single-phase 240 V for the home. The 240 V is centre-tapped to give two 120 V single-phase legs. A double breaker spans the two legs to give 240 V for a dryer or an oven. A single breaker goes from either 120 V leg to N.
I've had a number of pokes off 120, but never 240. No wonder you remember it! Glad you were OK!
