6 ms·
Not much we can do about that, I’m afraid. Most residential outlets are 15 amps, and to double them to 30 amps or convert them to 240V would require costly rewi
by otterley 6y ago
Not much we can do about that, I’m afraid. Most residential outlets are 15 amps, and to double them to 30 amps or convert them to 240V would require costly rewiring. And copper prices are sky-high these days.
- snypher 6y agoI wonder if a kettle with a J1772 or Tesla port...
- cameronh90 6y agoWhat about a kettle with a giant battery pack that charges when idle and boils at 10kW when you press the button.
- kirstenbirgit 6y agoAt that point one might as well get an instant boiling water tap system.
- SAI_Peregrinus 6y agoPhotonicinduction's 10-second kettle[1] doesn't use a battery, instead it uses his 100A 240V input through a big variac to run at 10kW (440V, 22.7A). This isn't good for the longevity of the kettle he used, sadly. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDLw1Rx_cAI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDLw1Rx_cAI
- ryzvonusef 6y ago>Photonicinduction whatever happened to the guy, i was a fan of his videos then he stopped posting a few years back... electroboom seems to be covering a similar niche, so that's good though.
- sneak 6y agoJoking aside, I use a Zojirushi vacuum kettle that keeps the water at the correct temperature at all times, so I never wait.
- lotsofpulp 6y agoThe electrician, drywall repair, and other skilled labor costs of running a thicker gauge wire to the kitchen from the circuit breaker would far outweigh the cost of the wire itself. By orders of magnitude.
- orra 6y agoFrom web searching, North America is 120V but two phases. So you could redo the socket to 240V without running new cable through your walls. But that's kinda academic if nobody sells kettles that have the North American 240V plug.
- mlyle 6y ago> From web searching, North America is 120V but two phases. So you could redo the socket to 240V without running new cable through your walls. You'd need an extra conductor of wire than is there in the cable for a standard 240V outlet. (Hot1, Hot2, Neutral, Gnd). You can run a Hot1/Hot2 240V circuit with existing 14/2 romex, but odds are that whatever feeds the outlet in your kitchen also feeds many other outlets, and you don't want them all to be 240V. Note North America doesn't use ring circuits like the UK.
- sjg007 6y agoThe Japanese hot water things basically solve this problem too by maintaining hot water all the time.
- kardos 6y agoOr you could use two kettles