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Re: Electicity Supply

From "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.misc
Subject Re: Electicity Supply
Date 2025-09-06 15:01 +0200
Message-ID <dtntolxk22.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> (permalink)
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On 2025-09-06 12:54, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
> On 06/09/2025 11:33, Nuno Silva wrote:
>> On 2025-09-02, Carlos E.R. wrote:
>>
>>> On 2025-09-02 12:03, Nuno Silva wrote:
>>>> On 2025-09-01, Ian wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> c186282 wrote:
>>>> [...]
>>>>>>      Oh, 13a at 240v ... over 2700 watts. Wow !
>>>>>>
>>>>>>      Guess your clock-radio won't overload THOSE !  :-)
>>>>
>>>> I think one notorious difference that I've seen mentioned a couple 
>>>> times
>>>> on the web is that water kettles will boil water more quickly. And that
>>>> in the US stovetop kettles were more often seen because such electric
>>>> kettles wouldn't be as fast as in ~240V. Now I've got no idea of how
>>>> precise such assessments are.
>>>
>>> It is true. UK kettles are more powerful. Doubling the voltage with
>>> the same current means double power.
>>
>> (Yeah; the precision I was alluding at was of stovetop kettles being
>> more common in 110/120V land, not of the higher efficiency of 240V
>> ones. The latter, indeed, is implicit because of the much higher
>> voltage.)
>>
> 
> Well yes. A 3kW kettle with just enough water to make one cup of coffee 
> will be boiling in the time it takes to grind the beans.
> 
> Stove kettles take MUCH longer.

My stove kettle on my induction ring with just about 1KW boils faster 
that getting the fresh tea leaves on the strainer.

https://share.google/images/A4uRsiiXLGxiQvVVl

...

-- 
Cheers, Carlos.
ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;

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Re: Electicity Supply Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-06 11:33 +0100
  Re: Electicity Supply The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-06 11:54 +0100
    Re: Electicity Supply Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2025-09-06 14:16 +0200
      Re: Electicity Supply The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-06 13:22 +0100
    Re: Electicity Supply "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-09-06 15:01 +0200

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