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I grew up in the UK. Electric kettles are more common there than they are in the US because: - People drink at all times of day, and - Household power sockets
by rahimnathwani 5mo ago
I grew up in the UK. Electric kettles are more common there than they are in the US because:
- People drink at all times of day, and
- Household power sockets can deliver a lot of power (a typical $30 kettle in the UK is rated at 3kW vs. US where 1.8kW is normal even for more expensive ones)
Anyway, before kettles became cordless[0], they all had detachable leads. And there was a standard. So you could use any 'kettle lead' with any brand or model of kettle.
To this day I still use 'kettle lead' to refer to the type of cable used to power a desktop PC.
[0] the kettle itself has no cord, but the base has a hard-wired cord
- 2dvisio 5mo agoOne of the best moka pots I owned is the Bialetti Elettrika [1] which comes exactly with a detachable lead like the one you mention. But for me, coming from outside of the UK and never experienced the kettle lead situation, it has always been the opposite, the pot has a ‘computer lead’ :) [1] https://www.bialetti.com/ee_en/moka-elettrika.html https://www.bialetti.com/ee_en/moka-elettrika.html
- rahimnathwani 5mo ago'One of'!!! How many moka pots does one person need?!?
- 2dvisio 5mo agoPersonally own 4, though now they are gathering dust now that I switched to an espresso machine.
- qingcharles 5mo agoI've always called them kettle leads, I don't even know what the real name for them is. Everyone I've known in IT calls them that. That's basically their official name in the UK :p