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0 pointsbmez3y ago0 comments

On the other hand, remember that energy = power * time. Yes a kettle 13A kettle pulls 2990W in the UK and 1560W in the US... but it would take twice as long to boil the water in the US.

For the energy consumed the voltage is close to irrelevant.

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pmontra3y ago

In the hydraulic metaphor, which is easy to reason about for nearly everyone around the world, voltage is the steepness of the water pipe. If one wants to fill a tank faster, it's either a steeper pipe (Volts) or a larger one (Amperes) or both.

A 26 A cable and appliance?

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