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Google as a company manufactures hardware, it makes sense to have a machine shop for prototypes.
Google was founded by burners who want to take cool shit to the desert.
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Correct, it takes about twice as long to boil a kettle in the US. But the US is the anomaly here. Most countries use 220-240V mains like Britain [1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mains_electricity_by_country#T...
Technically, the US does as well. You have 240 V at the panel, but you only run half for each common circuit.
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This seemed like a wild claim (2500 watts for a tea kettle!? As much as a microwave oven in full blast?) so I looked it up. Wow.
british household AC is wild, it's like they've got a full-power american range plug for every outlet
Over here in NZ we get pretty similar ratings on the same style heaters, but the large room ones are 2400kW because we can get that from any socket.
Also with my hobby - sewing. A lot of people in North America talk about forgetting they left the iron on, but I switch it on and off every time because it heats up in 30 seconds - less if it’s been on recently.
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Do you see a bright spot when aiming the laser at drywall? If the answer is yes, then laser light is being reflected into your eye. Hope this helps!
> Do you see a bright spot when aiming the laser at drywall? It was red for a second but now what appears to be a black hole is consuming everything.
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If you can get them to stay still long enough, maybe.
PSA: Sharks die quickly if you get them still. Their heartbeat is connected to the swimming motion.
https://www.britannica.com/story/do-sharks-really-die-if-the...
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‹twitches in metric prefix› 2.5 kilowatts. It's called 2.5 kilowatts. ‹calms down› 2.5 kilowatts is how much power a tea kettle in the UK draws. It's an insane amount of power to pump into a 60 micron point.
This seemed like a wild claim (2500 watts for a tea kettle!? As much as a microwave oven in full blast?) so I looked it up. Wow.
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‹twitches in metric prefix› 2.5 kilowatts. It's called 2.5 kilowatts. ‹calms down› 2.5 kilowatts is how much power a tea kettle in the UK draws. It's an insane amount of power to pump into a 60 micron point.
60 micrometres. "micron" is a deprecated irregular word that is unlike every other scaling of the metre.
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‹twitches in metric prefix› 2.5 kilowatts. It's called 2.5 kilowatts. ‹calms down› 2.5 kilowatts is how much power a tea kettle in the UK draws. It's an insane amount of power to pump into a 60 micron point.
This seemed like a wild claim (2500 watts for a tea kettle!? As much as a microwave oven in full blast?) so I looked it up. Wow.
(I use mine mostly on the 90W or 180W settings, for defrosting.)
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Correct, it takes about twice as long to boil a kettle in the US. But the US is the anomaly here. Most countries use 220-240V mains like Britain [1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mains_electricity_by_country#T...
British outlets are individually fused so they're typically rated for more current
Continental Europe uses 16A radial circuits so the current rating is higher there.
EDIT: Of course, you can't run two kettles on one radial, but you can on one ring.