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> People are frequently asking us to create more mainstream devices such as an inkjet printer or a microwave All other days in the year, Xiaomi (and to some le
by zibzab 4y ago
> People are frequently asking us to create more mainstream devices such as an inkjet printer or a microwave
All other days in the year, Xiaomi (and to some lesser extent Nokia) is ahead of you in this department.
- ndsipa_pomu 4y agoI'd like to see them do a temperature controlled kettle or possibly a coffee machine, though I understand kettles don't get used so much in the U.S. due to the lower voltage.
- vlmutolo 4y agoIt seems like the important metric would be the kettle's power output, not the voltage. A kettle running at a lower voltage can still have the same power output (wattage). My kettle is 1.5kW. I'd be surprised if consumer kettles ran much higher than that. EDIT: TIL about 3kW European kettles and what I'm missing out on.
- elFarto 4y agoMost kettles in the UK are 3kW, which is right at the limit of how much you can draw from a regular socket with a 13A fuse.
- ndsipa_pomu 4y agoHere in the UK, my kettle's a 3kW one (with limited temperature control) and most domestic ones will be over 2kW. By my quick calculations, it runs as 12.5A on the usual 240v supply. To get a 3kW on 110v would draw over 27A which would likely be impractical for a standard kitchen appliance.