On 26 Jan 2015, at 19:49, Ian McLaughlin <ian at platinum.net> wrote: This is why toasters and kettles suck in North America. It takes forever to boil your water for a cup of tea and toast some bread. We only get 15 amp peak (de-rated to 12 amp continuous) at 120v. That s only 1440 watts. I get 20A for the whole apartment for 20 hours per day, 10A from a filthy diesel generator for the other 4. The state supply costs me about 15 bucks a month (flat fee, they don't meter here) and the generator costs me about 70.. Sampsa