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Re:Serving AI from the Basement – 192GB of VRAM Setup by lolinder on Sunday September 08, 2024 @05:25PM (#41483352)
We have an electric kettle in the US and it runs just fine drawing 1500W.

You're correct that the dryer is on a larger circuit, though.

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Re:Serving AI from the Basement – 192GB of VRAM Setup by beAbU on Sunday September 08, 2024 @06:06PM (#41483644)
> and it runs just fine drawing 1500W.

You think that this is "just fine" because you've never experienced the glory that is a 3kW kettle!

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Re:Serving AI from the Basement – 192GB of VRAM Setup by rootusrootus on Sunday September 08, 2024 @07:12PM (#41484042)
I just get 99C water from a tap next to my kitchen sink. Why do people still use kettles?
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Re:Serving AI from the Basement – 192GB of VRAM Setup by dymk on Sunday September 08, 2024 @10:10PM (#41484908)
Because they don’t have a spare few grand for an instant hot plus installation
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Re:Serving AI from the Basement – 192GB of VRAM Setup by rootusrootus on Monday September 09, 2024 @07:43AM (#41487576)
You’re off by an order of magnitude. They are a couple hundred bucks and an easy DIY job.
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Re:Serving AI from the Basement – 192GB of VRAM Setup by dymk on Monday September 09, 2024 @11:11PM (#41496825)
It's a couple hundred bucks if you can DIY it, which most people cannot or are not willing to do
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Re:Serving AI from the Basement – 192GB of VRAM Setup by fragmede on Sunday September 08, 2024 @10:04PM (#41484892)
Japanese water boilers keep it boiling so there's no wait at all!
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Re:Serving AI from the Basement – 192GB of VRAM Setup by blibble on Sunday September 08, 2024 @06:06PM (#41483653)
I get bored and tend to wander off waiting for it to boil at 3kW

1.5kW must be absolute agony

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Re:Serving AI from the Basement – 192GB of VRAM Setup by lolinder on Sunday September 08, 2024 @06:16PM (#41483700)
I mean... yes, I don't sit around waiting for the kettle to boil. But if I fill it and start it first the water is already boiling by the time I get everything out, so it's not like any time is wasted as is.
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