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		gruez on Oct 30, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Nvidia investigating reports of RTX 4090 power cab... >Yeah, a kettle is gonna pull like 2200 W when it's switched on ...in areas that use 220/240V. In north america appliances are limited to around 1500W, because the mains voltage is 120V.

andylynch on Oct 30, 2022 [–]

Might depend on where you are and how seriously they take tea. Our very ordinary British kettle is 3kW.

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