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Pete C.[_2_]

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> On Sat, 10 Aug 2013 19:40:12 +0100, Yellow > wrote:
> >
> >I guess it makes a difference that in the US, you only have 110V. It
> >makes the concept of an electric kettle, probably the one, single item
> >every kitchen has in the UK, less useful.
>
> Why ? Mine here does everything the one my friend in the UK does.

Available Wattage. UK has 16A 240V as their general purpose circuits.
The US has 15A or 20A 120V as general purpose circuits. More Wattage =
more power available for faster heating, though efficiency remains the
same. What the folks in the UK don't seem to understand is that we have
plenty of 240V circuits in the US as well, just not as our general
purpose ones.

15A @ 120V = 1,800W
20A @ 120V = 2,400W
16A @ 240V = 3,840W