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Yellow[_2_]

In article >, gravesend10
@verizon.net says...
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> On Sat, 10 Aug 2013 16:09:35 -0300, wrote:
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> >On Sat, 10 Aug 2013 19:40:12 +0100, Yellow > wrote:
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> >>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.
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> Available voltage has little to do with a kettle's efficiency

But it has everything to do with power. As you only have half the
voltage you would need double the current for a kettle to heat the same
number of kilowatts - and that leads you down the path towards wiring
the size of elephant trunks.