Comment Kettle (Score 1) 497
3kW "fast-boil" kettles are very common in the UK. Never underestimate and Englishman's consuming need for immediate tea. Also, they're inherently more efficient than lower-powered kettles
As an aside: When I bought my house, I discovered that the previous owners had rigged their electric cooker to the same loop as the kitchen wall outlets, which itself had a standard mains cable that was nonetheless embedded in the plaster below the damp-course (no trunking.) I'm no EE, but those of you who understand such things will appreciate the need I felt to run a new heavier-grade cable to the fuse-box through some trunking before installing my own electric range...