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I wired a UK kettle to an unused 240V range outlet in the US once. It was amazing, boiled a liter of water in just under a minute. Obviously kinda sketchy.
by jcalvinowens 7mo ago
I wired a UK kettle to an unused 240V range outlet in the US once. It was amazing, boiled a liter of water in just under a minute. Obviously kinda sketchy.
- jacquesm 7mo agoThat's more like it :)
- zahlman 7mo ago"Wired"? ...There was some kind of switch involved, I hope?
- jcalvinowens 7mo agoI just meant I spliced the line cord, adapters don't exist. It was an easily accessible NEMA 10-50 outlet, so we simply unplugged it when we weren't actively using it, because of the obvious fire hazard of a 16awg line cord on a 50amp breaker (which is why adapters don't exist). Gratuitous disclaimer, don't try this at home kids...