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From: jbeeson@invalid.net.invalid (Joy Beeson)
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by: Joy Beeson - Wed, 1 Nov 2023 22:27 UTC

The discussion at

https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2848:_Breaker_Box

had some fun with "hot-water heater", but there *is* a situation in
which it would be plausible to heat hot water.

Some homes have a small quick-recovery water heater under each sink.
This avoids the heat loss in long thin pipes, and the heat loss from a
large mass of water kept hot for a long time.

It would be quite plausible to add such a heater under the kitchen
sink to a home already plumbed with a central water heater, so that
there would be hot water for washing dishes after the main heater is
set to germ-incubation temperature to safeguard old folks and small
children.

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From: lynnmcguire5@gmail.com (Lynn McGuire)
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by: Lynn McGuire - Thu, 2 Nov 2023 01:28 UTC

On 11/1/2023 5:27 PM, Joy Beeson wrote:
>
> The discussion at
>
> https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2848:_Breaker_Box
>
> had some fun with "hot-water heater", but there *is* a situation in
> which it would be plausible to heat hot water.
>
> Some homes have a small quick-recovery water heater under each sink.
> This avoids the heat loss in long thin pipes, and the heat loss from a
> large mass of water kept hot for a long time.
>
> It would be quite plausible to add such a heater under the kitchen
> sink to a home already plumbed with a central water heater, so that
> there would be hot water for washing dishes after the main heater is
> set to germ-incubation temperature to safeguard old folks and small
> children.

Yup, my parents have an instahot at the kitchen main sink. And it is
bloody hot, it will burn you if you turn it on full hot. It is a 120
volt circuit. Not sure how many amps.

Lynn

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xkcd: 2848: Breaker Box	Joy Beeson
xkcd: 2848: Breaker Box	Lynn McGuire