ByteOnBikes@discuss.online to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 7 days agoDerail any conversation by mentioning "microwaving your water" rulediscuss.onlineimagemessage-square216linkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
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minus-squarekuhli@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-26 days agoOur electricity is 120v here in the US, so kettles take forever
minus-squaresugarfoot00@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 days ago kettles take forever For extremely small values of ‘forever’
minus-squareuntorquer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 days agoUS outlet is 120V@20A = 2.4kW UK outlet is 230V@13A = 3.0kW It’s a 15% difference based on possible power draw. Anecdotally the stove will still take many times longer. Even compared to induction my kettle is faster. My guess is that in the UK/EU it’s not common to have powerful microwaves?
minus-squarefrezik@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-25 days agoMost residential outlets in the US are going to be a 15A limit. You also have to reduce that by 20% for a continuous draw. UK might be able to get away with the full usage because their plugs are designed to have a fuse built in. Not entirely sure on that, though. That said, kettles are still a better option most of the time. Technology Connections has real world tests of this.
minus-squarebarsoap@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 days agoDo microwaves have some magic efficiency trick that lets them produce heat faster from the same exact energy? Like, how do they manage to be more than 100% efficient?
minus-squareuntorquer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 days agoMicrowaves are designed to heat water molecules. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microwave_oven
minus-squarebarsoap@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 days agoThey are, in fact, designed to resuscitate frozen hamsters.
minus-squarekuhli@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 days agoThey don’t, kettles just aren’t that much more efficient at 120v. Like a kettle will still be faster, just not by enough for people to care.
Our electricity is 120v here in the US, so kettles take forever
For extremely small values of ‘forever’
US outlet is 120V@20A = 2.4kW UK outlet is 230V@13A = 3.0kW
It’s a 15% difference based on possible power draw.
Anecdotally the stove will still take many times longer. Even compared to induction my kettle is faster.
My guess is that in the UK/EU it’s not common to have powerful microwaves?
Most residential outlets in the US are going to be a 15A limit. You also have to reduce that by 20% for a continuous draw.
UK might be able to get away with the full usage because their plugs are designed to have a fuse built in. Not entirely sure on that, though.
That said, kettles are still a better option most of the time. Technology Connections has real world tests of this.
Do microwaves have some magic efficiency trick that lets them produce heat faster from the same exact energy? Like, how do they manage to be more than 100% efficient?
Microwaves are designed to heat water molecules. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microwave_oven
They are, in fact, designed to resuscitate frozen hamsters.
They don’t, kettles just aren’t that much more efficient at 120v. Like a kettle will still be faster, just not by enough for people to care.