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> Making heat from electricity is hard! Why? All you need is resistive wires, and minimal, dirt cheap electronics for regulation and shutdown/safety. You can
by myrmidon 1y ago
> Making heat from electricity is hard!
Why? All you need is resistive wires, and minimal, dirt cheap electronics for regulation and shutdown/safety.
You can find this in literally any $20 kettle or toaster, no need to supply Africans with induction cooktops for thousands of dollars...
- mrWiz 1y agoYou also need a buttload of electric power, which is the bottleneck.
- looofooo0 1y agoNot really, my old microwave has 500 Watts, this should be also enough for slow resistive cooking while being insulated.You will find 12V/24V 2.8L/5L Dc Electric Pressures Cookers with 250W-300W on AliExpress. (1l needs roughly 0.1kwh of energy to go from 20 to 100°C) Additionally, you might save a lot of energy by using a hay box after it starts to boil. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haybox https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haybox
- arccy 1y agoslow cooking: see above on changing the taste of food that's deeply rooted in tradition
- looofooo0 1y agoSo? Everyone used to cook over woodfire. If the benefits are good enough, like massiv time saving, it will change.
- mrWiz 1y agoIMO 500 watts of sustained electrical power is a fair bit, especially compared to every other electric device these households are likely to have.
- looofooo0 1y ago500wh battery can deliver that for 1 hour.