[lolinder]

We have an electric kettle in the US and it runs just fine drawing 1500W.

You're correct that the dryer is on a larger circuit, though.

[beAbU]

> and it runs just fine drawing 1500W.

You think that this is "just fine" because you've never experienced the glory that is a 3kW kettle!

[rootusrootus]

I just get 99C water from a tap next to my kitchen sink. Why do people still use kettles?

[dymk]

Because they don’t have a spare few grand for an instant hot plus installation

[rootusrootus]

You’re off by an order of magnitude. They are a couple hundred bucks and an easy DIY job.

[dymk]

It's a couple hundred bucks if you can DIY it, which most people cannot or are not willing to do

[fragmede]

Japanese water boilers keep it boiling so there's no wait at all!

[blibble]

I get bored and tend to wander off waiting for it to boil at 3kW

1.5kW must be absolute agony

[lolinder]

I mean... yes, I don't sit around waiting for the kettle to boil. But if I fill it and start it first the water is already boiling by the time I get everything out, so it's not like any time is wasted as is.