Comments by "Fred Bloggs" (@fredbloggs5902) on "Why don't Americans use electric kettles?" video.

  1. 08:21 Clarification: The calorie calculation is the number required to raise the temperature of the water to the boiling point, NOT to actually boil the water which being a state change requires much more energy.
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  2. Before the U.K. secretly harmonised the domestic voltage with Europe in 1993 by reducing it from 240v to 230v, there used to be a TV ad of a kettle boiling in 3.5 minutes (in 1970).
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