Post by @TechConnectify@mas.to

@TechConnectify breakfast cups were new to me. I am an American, so what I know about British breakfast is limited to the Full English and beans on toast.

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@snowbat@fosstodon.org 2025-11-27 22:13

@TechConnectify Love it but have you seen "10 Second Kettle" on the Photonicinduction channel? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDLw1Rx_cAI

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@electropict@mastodon.scot 2025-11-27 22:49

@TechConnectify Never heard of a breakfast cup. But kettles never used to have quantity marking on the sides anyway; whatever markings they have are going to be recent innovations from most people's PoV. Have you considered investigating on-demand water dispensers? Or these little drop-in-the-cup 240V boiling rings we used to get for travel? Now they're fun.

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@Drain@mastodon.social 2025-11-27 23:45

@TechConnectify you're a maniac, I love this.

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@mackaj@mastodon.me.uk 2025-11-27 23:58

@TechConnectify As a brit, I had a seriously good laugh at that. Most entertaining 👍

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@jannem@fosstodon.org 2025-11-28 02:09

@TechConnectify Battery technology has gotten so much better and cheaper that I wonder if it's not starting to be feasible to have appliances like this with a builtin small battery that will be able to boil water much faster when needed, then slowly recharge when it's done. Could have higher-power IH heaters and ovens as well, perhaps.

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@dshan@mastodon.au 2025-11-28 02:45

@TechConnectify My 2200W kettle is marked in litres, none of that 'breakfast cup' nonsense.

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@semitones@tiny.tilde.website 2025-11-28 03:29

@TechConnectify yessssss!

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@daleblake@mastodon.social 2025-11-28 03:57

@TechConnectify for future reference, Bombay Electronics in Chicago has 220v appliances for sale in the US. https://www.bombayelectronics.com/collections/coffee-maker-kettle-capuccino-maker

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@warriormaster@mastodon.social 2025-11-28 06:17

@TechConnectify Thank god I have a kettle that uses liters for measurement instead of breakfast cups

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@txt_file@chaos.social 2025-11-28 10:59

I do not yet understand how Alec gets 6 kW. Can someperson explain? Using a USA 120 V kettle on a 240 V socket doubles the Watt. So 1,5 kW to 3 kW. Where do the other 3 kW come from? @TechConnectify

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@pseyfert@chaos.social 2025-11-28 15:35

@TechConnectify oh, I claim insurance companies are going to love it. "You did what? ... I see. Easy case. Claim rejected"

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@leoncowle@hachyderm.io 2025-11-28 17:34

@TechConnectify Can I sue for copyright infringement?! LOL. As a British-American in Texas, I happened to have a perfectly working DeWalt cordless drill. With a battery charger that... only works on 240V. So my Dad brought an outlet with him on one of his visits and we wired it onto a NEMA 14-30P plug. But we cut one of the pins off, so the plug now works in both our 14-30R (tumble dryer) and 14-50R (EV charger) outlets. To code? LOL. Works? Hell yeah! Burned down the house? Not yet. 13 years & counting, and I still use that drill & charger.

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@geofflankow@mastodon.social 2025-11-28 22:47

@TechConnectify You did British things and expected the units to make sense‽

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@rye@masto.ai 2025-11-29 03:41

@TechConnectify The fuse may be in the wire. This one dies at 144C.

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@gunstick@mastodon.opencloud.lu 2025-11-29 09:32

@TechConnectify now I need to order a US kettle to speed up my tea making skills. Ultimate question: how fast can you boil water without it undergoing dissociation. I know that water can split when you drop burning thermite on it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissociation_(chemistry)

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@kenjen@pdx.social 2025-11-29 22:44

@TechConnectify I generally am not very concerned about your actions... generally.

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@andy_f@fosstodon.org 2025-12-01 09:01

@TechConnectify On an entirely unrelated note, what is the maximum power output of your car’s battery?

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@androcat@toot.cat 2025-11-28 08:23

@TechConnectify@mas.to That's very funny. Great show.

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