Why don't people use electric kettles in the USA?

Coffee is instant, not instant.

Even though I have an electric kettle, I always heat water in a small saucepan, and not because of saving electricity. It's just more convenient. I also can’t understand people who drink tea. Why pour some kind of slop into yourself all day long...

Before pointing at the USA and others like it, it would be better to look at what is happening in your home country. I live in Maykop in an ordinary apartment building. Electrical supplier We have PJSC Kubanenergo, the tariff is almost 5 rubles kWh. And gas (Gazprom Mezhregiongaz Maykop) is a little more than 60 rubles per month. Will I use an electric kettle, multicooker, microwave? Of course not. They stand idle because gas is cheaper. But we supply electricity to our Chinese friends almost for free.

In Japan the voltage is 110, this does not interfere with the use of kettles. It’s just that all the equipment is 110. In Russia, by the way, we use Japanese equipment at 110 without problems, and in Japan our devices are at 220 - there are adapters for this. Well, in conclusion, I drank tea wonderfully in America, no one was surprised.

You poor Leo! Give up the Internet and computer and you will have more time to use household electrical appliances!

There will be money of course.

According to the author’s logic, it is impossible to use both electric stoves and irons due to the lower voltage, however, electric stoves are no less common there than in Russia. Well, I hope there is no need to comment on the iron :)) The heat generated by a conductor when an electric current passes through it depends not on the voltage, but on the strength of the current and the resistance of the conductor (Joule-Lenz law)

The author has never lived in the States :) Electricity here is very cheap... Electric kettles are used both at home and at work, Americans simply believe, and I agree with them, that tea/coffee tastes better from water boiled in a regular kettle, on the other hand - all the water in coffee shops boils using a boiler similar to ours... This is how things are, by the way, I’ve been living in the States for 25 years :)

I also like cold instant coffee.

There are a lot of experts on American life on the Internet. At best, these are losers who accidentally got there and then left, at worst, they were never there..... The story with the teapot is generally p...ts.

Natalya - the coffee is INSTANT. If you want to say instant, then say COFFEE!

You can’t say “than than.” Or “than” or “than”.

I took it off my tongue...

At first, having read that in a kettle designed for 110 Volts “the water will heat up 2-3 times longer” than in a kettle powered by 220 Volts, I thought that the author was a nerd.
And then I read the phrase “than than” and realized that he was just a loser.

Natalya, learn history, coffee has always been it, and only a trend of the worker-peasant class, which destroyed 2/3 of the literate people in the country a hundred years ago, did it become IT.

The only thing I didn’t understand is that they have gas stoves and gas, but no…. ordinary metal kettles and that's why they heat water in pans? What nonsense...

Power = “voltage squared” divided by “electrical resistance”.
Therefore, our kettle will heat up at least 4 times longer if the voltage is half as low.Taking into account heat loss - closer to “5 times”.
I have been to the USA more than once. My daughter lives there. There is no electric stove or electric kettle in the kitchen. There is a gas stove and meth. kettle. And this is not in an “apartment for the poor,” but in a cottage of about 400 m2 worth about a million bucks.
All devices based on Ohm's law in the USA must have 4 times less electrical resistance in order to operate at the same speed as ours. This cannot always be implemented effectively.

Implementing an electric kettle of the same power as for a 220 Volt network for a 110 Volt network will require only twice as thick a supply copper wire. If the heater itself is made of traditional nichrome (even in a heating element), its consumption will not increase - the thicker diameter is compensated by the shorter length. The difference in thickness - 0.5 or 0.7 mm is not a technological problem.
So the reason for the lack of teapots is not technological difficulties, but consumer traditions.

In the USSR, too, after the war there were 127v and 220v, until the 1960s. Light bulbs and kettles and tiles were for these voltages!!!! To boil and cook faster, we rewound the el. The spirals of the tiles were made thicker. During these years in America there were the same teapots and stoves as ours, also in metal cases. And then they had a qualitative leap and the whole technology and consumption culture changed!!! But we had the Iron Curtain and we were hopelessly behind the Yankees. That's all.

You write nonsense, there is a huge selection of electric kettles in the USA for all tastes, I and all my acquaintances and friends use electric kettles. It boils quickly, because the heating rate depends on the power of the device, and not on the network voltage.And all electrical appliances work the same as in Russia, I don’t see any difference. I live in the USA.

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“It’s just that all the equipment is 110. In Russia, by the way, we use Japanese equipment at 110 without problems, and in Japan our devices are at 220 - there are adapters for this. “Lisa, super! This adapter is called a transformer. Not the plug adapter you meant. A Japanese teapot connected via an adapter to our network would look especially impressive.

The standard of living of the population is determined by the amount of electricity consumed by the average family. In the USA it is one of the highest. And this is not surprising, since the number of household electrical appliances in an American family, by our standards, is very large. But if we look at the power consumption of each of their household appliances, we are simply blown away by these numbers. So an electric iron has a power of 1-2 kW versus ours of 0.375 kW. And so all their electrical appliances have increased power compared to our Soviet ones. Saving this for the poor is considered in the West. And demand, as you know, creates supply. But this is not about us. We are forced to save, that is, to live uncomfortably. Now many of us are trying to improve their standard of living by installing imported equipment in their apartments. But, as it turns out, this is not always possible. Often, houses do not have the necessary power wiring, transformer boxes and existing cables cannot withstand the load, and houses have apartment electric meters designed for a maximum load of 10 A. That is, the power of all electrical appliances in a Soviet-built apartment could not exceed more than 2.2 kW.
Thus, I conclude that the above article is a custom-made fake. Who ordered? Well, it's not hard to guess.

I live in Russia. I don't use a kettle. It’s more difficult to wash than a saucepan, and I somehow don’t like drinking repeatedly heated scale, so I don’t boil the water twice.

If our kettle is plugged into 110, its power will drop by 4 times. But using a transformer for a kettle is strange. The kettles are simply made with a heater for their network.
We also don’t use an electric kettle; we have a gas stove, which is cheaper.

Alexandru_57

To get the same power of an electric kettle at 110V, you need to pass 2 times more current. At 220V it is 10A, at 110V it will be 20A. And this is not only a thicker supply wire, but also more powerful sockets, circuit breakers (not 16A, but 32A) and large losses in all wiring. I feel like the electric kettles there will be weaker...

Complete nonsense. I have been living in the States for three decades and constantly use an electric kettle. And about the wrong voltage - after all, quickly go to school to study physics! The temperature of the heating element is determined not by voltage, but by current. That is, at any voltage you can achieve the desired temperature by varying the resistance of the element.

Tami 4, Israel

*in the USA the maximum voltage is 110. Therefore, you won’t be able to use a regular electrical appliance, and if you buy one with a lower power supply, the water will take 2-3 times longer to heat up.
*In fact, every second American has electric kettles in their homes, they just use them...usually when guests arrive, or during festive events, when you need to make a hot drink very quickly.
So, do their kettles heat water very slowly or quickly?

As for the US having one of the highest electricity consumption in the world, it’s actually a fake, only 10th place, half that of Norway, four times that of Iceland.
And twice as high as the Russian one.
Is it a joke about the 375 W iron? Or USB version?
As for 10 A electric meters, this is again a lie. Everything I had successfully held and accounted for up to 50 A.
Now connecting 15 kW to a private house is not a problem. If the networks are not at all overloaded.
What is more convenient in the States is that there are no long wires to power transformer substations. 6.3 kV lines are hung on poles, and each one has its own 110 V transformer on the nearest pole.
Therefore, their losses at 110 V at 50 meters to the pole are less than ours at 220 V at half a kilometer to a large common transformer.

The 375W iron is a joke. Standard 1.2 kW.

There are electric cars everywhere! I constantly go on business trips to the USA and hotels always have electric kettles. I visited American houses many times and everyone had teapots. Heating water in a microwave is absolutely terrible! They consume the most electricity in the world: they consume 18% (1st place in the world) and produce 20% (also first place in the world).

What does “than than” mean?! Or “than” or “than”.

I am not interested. what they eat and how they drink somewhere. I live as I like, and let them live as they like. Extra unnecessary controversy.

“They consume more electricity than anyone else in the world” - this is the shaft.
And per capita it is half as much as in Norway and four times less than in Iceland.
Unfortunately, twice as much as ours.
I suspect the lion's share goes to summer air conditioning.

I don’t have an electric kettle, but it’s not at all problematic for me to boil water for tea in a regular kettle on the stove.

It is not correct to write and say “Americans”, but to mean only Shatovites. The states (regions) of this continent united into a country, but the country still hasn’t been given a name, so it remains “united regions.”
By calling Shatovites Americans, we often insult Canadians, Brazilians, Chileans... who, along with Shatovites living in the United States, are also Americans.

I would never have thought that Americans (USA) make instant coffee at home. Isn't it cheaper to buy it in a store? (Instant coffee is also in low demand in the US, as people prefer to make it themselves.)

Would you like to repeat physics before writing this? How is the voltage in the outlet related to the duration of heating?????

If in America, at a voltage of 110 volts, a kettle takes 2-3 times longer to heat up, it means that their refrigerators freeze 2-3 times worse, computers work 2-3 times slower, etc. across all technology.
The author's dense idiocy encourages him to use obscene language.
By the way, there are plenty of teapots in America and everywhere. They ask what kind of tea you want, hot tea - no problem.

The author understands electricity like a pig knows oranges. This is terrible, of course you can’t boil a kettle at 110 volts))). Previously, all Soviet televisions, radios, tape recorders, players, electric shavers had a switch - 127 and 220 volts.

Strange title: “Americans do not use electric kettles: reasons.” I was in Canada, Brazil, they sell and drink tea everywhere. Or are Canadians and Brazilians not Americans? The author of the article does not specify and believes that the word Americans refers only to Shatovo residents. USA stands for states (regions) of the continent of America. These areas have not yet been named. Therefore, calling the residents of these united regions Americans, without specifying that we are talking about the residents of these particular regions, is incorrect and incorrect.

I mean the author of the article

They have 110 V - this can create problems.
On the other hand it is safer. 220V has killed many people, 380, unlike 220V, kills more often. And 110V on dry skin is much easier to survive than 220. The current strength through a person will be 4 times less, as well as the chances of not getting hurt. For a kettle, the only problem is 2 kW, although a chemist at school in the 90s told us that heating water at such a speed means creating more harmful compounds in it. Water with a “iron” taste sometimes occurs.

Kettles in America and 110V are not connected in any way. It is indeed very rare to see a teapot in America, but the reason is that a teapot is not practical. There is little water in it, it takes some time to heat up. There are coolers everywhere. And you don’t have to wait for a lot of water. Do you want it cold, do you want it hot?

Again some Sergei writes “in America”.How to understand which America is in North America, where Canadians live, or in South America, where Chileans, Brazilians, Mexicans drink tea... ? You only think about teapots! Happy people.

"Umnik" article about the teapot. The identity American = US citizen is generally accepted throughout the WORLD. Did you only study geography at school?

In any case, the USA is a dense country.
In Europe, too, teapots are used less and less, because coffee is prepared in electric coffee makers, and aesthetes use only branded, Italian carob machines, the coffee from which is recognized as the standard of taste.
Recently there has been a boom in full coffee machines, especially in offices, and in Russia too.
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When films show how Americans drink cold coffee slurry from antediluvian filter coffee makers, I get blue water. . .

“Progressive” backwoods….

However, it is cleverly written. Thanks for the fun, especially about 110 Volts. Very smart reasoning.

Kolya, I completely agree with you, but I am not the author of this article. The topic did not seem worthy of discussion to me. I wrote about something else that it is not correct to write without explaining who we are talking about, the words America, Americans. America is a continent, and Americans are all the peoples of the Northern and Southern parts of the continent of America. The United States, translated as the United Regions of America, is a cunningly wise country that has not yet come up with a name for itself or its inhabitants, as all the countries of America have done.

The kettle on the gas stove does not have a switch. It happens with a whistle. Which is clearly less safe.
Heating water in a microwave is more expensive than in a simple electric kettle.

What kind of nonsense is this?
All relatives, friends and acquaintances use an electric kettle

Wow, such a mediocre article... but how it caught my attention! Here's the coffee: he or it. And the USA or America. I'm not even talking about the general educational program on electrical engineering! Brothers, don't you have anything to do? Let's go to the park!

According to the norms of the modern Russian language, the word coffee refers to husband. family Natalya is absolutely right.

So we're out of the park...

And they forgot about the thermostat, a very convenient electrical device that saves electricity.

In fact they have 220 Volts. Just two wires +110 and -110.

And the total is zero!

In Canada and America (residents of the United States are called Americans by Canadians), 220 volts are supplied to every house or apartment, as electric stoves, ovens, washing and drying machines, air conditioners, electric heating operate at 220 volts, some washing machines at 110 volts. The rest of the electric receivers are designed for 110 volts, standard sockets are 15 amperes, there are 20 amperes for especially powerful electrical appliances - I have an infrared sauna in my house. Kettles, dough mixers, steam coffee pots, etc. in any store and, in rare cases, not in every home. Almost all houses have gas stoves and barbecues. If it’s gas, it’s easier to use a kettle with a whistle. In cities, they soften the water or use softeners to reduce scale, I use a ceramic electric kettle, there is almost no scale - good water. And boiling water in a saucepan for tea is some kind of insanity, although here it’s no less weird than in Russia. Of course, Canada is not America (USA), we have the south, and the north is humiliated. Perhaps Americans drink less tea and drink more water and coffee slop, but these countries of immigrants and each nation have preserved their culture, including food, drink, alcohol, etc. Americans and Canadians count money, they don’t understand show-offs.Money is saved for retirement and vacations. Canadian retirees move to Florida or Cuba in December and return in March or April. In the USA everything is cheaper and warmer and the hurricane season is basically ending. My pension in Russia for a year is only enough for a ticket to Moscow and back; I haven’t earned a pension here yet.

In Canada and America (residents of the United States are called Americans by Canadians), 220 volts are supplied to every house or apartment, as electric stoves, ovens, washing and drying machines, air conditioners, electric heating operate at 220 volts, some washing machines at 110 volts. The rest of the electric receivers are designed for 110 volts, standard sockets are 15 amperes, there are 20 amperes for especially powerful electrical appliances - I have an infrared sauna in my house. Kettles, dough mixers, steam coffee pots, etc. in any store and, in rare cases, not in every home. Almost all houses have gas stoves and barbecues. If it’s gas, it’s easier to use a kettle with a whistle. In cities, they soften the water or use softeners to reduce scale, I use a ceramic electric kettle, there is almost no scale - good water. And boiling water in a saucepan for tea is some kind of insanity, although here it’s no less weird than in Russia. Of course, Canada is not America (USA), we have the south, and the north is humiliated. Perhaps Americans drink less tea and drink more water and coffee slop, but these countries of immigrants and each nation have preserved their culture, including food, drink, alcohol, etc. Americans and Canadians count money, they don’t understand show-offs. Money is saved for retirement and vacations. Canadian retirees move to Florida or Cuba in December and return in March or April. In the USA everything is cheaper and warmer and the hurricane season is basically ending.My pension in Russia for a year is only enough for a ticket to Moscow and about

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Author, you are crazy!!! Only a person who has never lived in America can write such nonsense.