Hot Water: Take That Final Gas Notice!
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Ols pic, but still funny.
Genius! I like it.
Sink looks fairly clean…
LMFAO! You go dude!!!! i never in a million years would have thought of doing this. Then again, i can pay my bills to.
this is in a hostel that doesn’t charge for electricity anyway. the main thing the guy is avoiding is the instillation of a hot water system…
Polish dorm;p
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creative idea!
I think that is actually pretty smart.
Ah just trade off gas for electric.
I have that exact same electric kettle! In New Zealand! (btw, it’s not that they didn’t pay the bill – there’s no hot tap…)
That’s kind of cool. I think only a 240 outlet would be sufficient to heat the water, though. Those kettles work great in New Zealand, but not in the states.
@Alden
in europe 220v is standard, here we consider 380v fore high xD
A bit of al-foil over the top of the kettle would provide some insulation… and save on that electricity bill!
Great stuff!
@jack
You are wrong, it’s 230 V. It used to be 220 V in some european countries, but not anymore.
ooo, jack, you got BURNED! 220V is WRONG, you were under by 10V, LOSER!
Bit of an electrical hazard?
230, 220 etc. all those are nominal numbers that don’t actually change they just keep adding 10 to it every few years.
Just like in the US it used to be called 110v power, now it’s 120v. On some temporary construction power distro boxes I’ve seen 125v.
Besides, the 120 relates to .707 of the peak power…or the dc equivalent power.
this one walks the oh so fine line of a fail so epic it’s just gotta b a win and a win so pathetic it’s almost a fail…. still i give em points 4 creativity
i just use my hoy body to heat my water
In US, residential coffee_makers are rated @ 120v 1200-1500watts. National standard distribution voltage (US)is 120v +/- 5v. There is no 110/220 here, or 230.
ok, ok…. 120, 121, ….whatever it takes…
P.S. I will taunt you or say “NI” to you if you dont bring me a shrubbery!!!!
Some people don’t realize that in this design, given that the heating *power* is constant (pretty much), you adjust the temperature by varying the flow. The more you open the tap, the cooler the water.
I invite all naysayers to actually sit on their buttocks, look up heat capacity of water, and do some back-of-the-enveloper calculations before bringing up nonsense like eral’s “A bit of al-foil over the top of the kettle would provide some insulation… and save on that electricity bill!”. Yeah eral, whatever, go back to working on your non-working 100mpg carburetor. LOL.
in 220 VAC system it can be dangerous?
lol… just when you think Univeristy of Technlogy has everything hi-tech.
cheers all great Polish Sudents!
I`m electrical engineer and recently I have participated in company training where this pic had been shown as an example how not to deal with electricity
Polish creativity ;DD