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by beAbU 643 days ago
> 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!
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rootusrootus 643 days ago
I just get 99C water from a tap next to my kitchen sink. Why do people still use kettles?
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dymk 642 days ago
Because they don’t have a spare few grand for an instant hot plus installation
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rootusrootus 642 days ago
You’re off by an order of magnitude. They are a couple hundred bucks and an easy DIY job.
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dymk 641 days ago
It's a couple hundred bucks if you can DIY it, which most people cannot or are not willing to do
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fragmede 642 days ago
Japanese water boilers keep it boiling so there's no wait at all!
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