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| ▲ | jchw 2 days ago | parent | next [-] |
| I know this is common knowledge now, but just for people who might not realize it: a typical North American NEMA 5-15R receptacle will indeed deliver 120V 15A electricity, but the electrical grid is split-phase 240V. Right across from my dish washer is an electric range; most of these require 240V 30A or 50A receptacles (I think mine is 30A, but I could be mis-remembering.) So it's not like we couldn't have higher power dishwasher, but if you already have central water heating it's kind of senseless to heat the water at the dishwasher. |
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| ▲ | spiffyk 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Ah, I forgot about North America being 120 V, that would indeed explain it. IIRC that's also why electric kettles are not really a thing there while being ubiquitous where I live. |
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| ▲ | vel0city a day ago | parent | next [-] | | Most people I know have an electric kettle here in the US. Every office I've been to has had one in the break room. Anyone who drinks tea or eats a lot of ramen or drinks anything but drip coffee will have a kettle. It's really more that historically Americans have been fine with drip style coffee makers instead of drinking pour overs or tea. | |
| ▲ | Aloisius 2 days ago | parent | prev [-] | | I think that has more to do with Americans not drinking a lot of hot tea. I had an instant 195 F (90.5 C) faucet in my previous kitchen which worked well for the rare times I made tea. Worked fine with a 120V circuit. | | |
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| ▲ | reaperducer 2 days ago | parent | prev [-] |
| (At least in North America, 240 volt countries might not have this issue.) Central America, parts of South America, Japan, and Taiwan are also ~110 volt. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mains_electricity_by_country#/... |
