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Re:Why does the USA use 110V and UK use 230-240V? by mhandley on Tuesday August 29, 2023 @06:51AM (#37305799)
Ours is a Smeg model. The two large rings are 2.3kW, with a outer booster ring to 3kW. The problem is if I'm just boiling water for my tea with a saucepan, only the inner ring is triggered. I can put a large pan on there and get 3kW to match the 3kW kettle, but then I've got to warm a large metal pan too, whereas the kettle has very little thermal mass and is lightweight and easy to fill too.
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Re:Why does the USA use 110V and UK use 230-240V? by brewdad on Tuesday August 29, 2023 @11:19PM (#37317263)
A properly sized tea kettle would solve that but since you already have the electric kettle there’s no sense in buying a new stovetop vessel until the electric kettle burns itself up.
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