• Buffalox@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    As a European I can’t help smirking a bit, we have 2300 W on a single 10 amp connection.
    Usually kitchen has its own even in small apartments.
    Most have 400V 16A available in the kitchen, allowing for instance our stove to use up to 6400 W! With induction stove, we can give so much power that a ceramic frying pan cracks around the edge!! And not the cheap ones.
    It’s absolutely insane how fast you can boil water, way way faster than anything gas. It’s also way more energy efficient as a gas stove waste approximately 55% on average, and even more on high settings, as the heat simply escapes around pots and pans.

    OK I guess i went a bit besides the topic, I just find it amazing how powerful a modern stove is. 😋

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      22 hours ago

      Actually we’ve got 10 amps for lights and 16 for outlets where I live in Europe. So even more power.

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      3 days ago

      Most have 400V 16A available in the kitchen, allowing for instance our stove to use up to 6400 W!

      Yeah, there are also 240V three-phase heavy appliance circuits in the US for things like stoves, air conditioners, washing machines, and such. But that usually isn’t what one is going to be running a PC on.

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        3 days ago

        No sorry, I went off topic a bit.
        But we still typically have more power in standard sockets with 2300W being the minimum.
        So not quite as close to the limit of a normal household socket here. But it’s still crazy.