ByteOnBikes@discuss.online to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 4 days agoDerail any conversation by mentioning "microwaving your water" rulediscuss.onlineimagemessage-square258linkfedilinkarrow-up1748arrow-down110
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minus-squarefrezik@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-22 days agoMost residential outlets in the US are going to be a 15A limit. You also have to reduce that by 20% for a continuous draw. UK might be able to get away with the full usage because their plugs are designed to have a fuse built in. Not entirely sure on that, though. That said, kettles are still a better option most of the time. Technology Connections has real world tests of this.
minus-squareuntorquer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 days agoYeah, makes sense. The statement that “half the voltage is half the power” is what started me from another reply. Then this was the next one.
Most residential outlets in the US are going to be a 15A limit. You also have to reduce that by 20% for a continuous draw.
UK might be able to get away with the full usage because their plugs are designed to have a fuse built in. Not entirely sure on that, though.
That said, kettles are still a better option most of the time. Technology Connections has real world tests of this.
Yeah, makes sense. The statement that “half the voltage is half the power” is what started me from another reply. Then this was the next one.