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Apparently pre-rinsing confuses the dishwasher or something. Not doing it leaves me with residue all over the other dishes though ๐Ÿคท

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[โ€“] crusty@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 3 days ago (1 children)

For a country that's all about doing things big, they sure whimped out on their electrical system

[โ€“] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

In our defense we were very early to having one and everyone was afraid of electricity at the time

[โ€“] recursivethinking@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I was gonna say in our defence most of us can't be trusted with high voltage

[โ€“] __Lost__@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Electricity in the usa is not weaker than Europe. Since the voltage is half as high, it just takes double the current to do the same work. A heater running 220v at 5 amps and a heater running 110v 10 amps will work exactly the same.

[โ€“] BorgDrone@feddit.nl 2 points 3 days ago

Except most home outlets are rated at 16 Amps so at 110V only gives you 1760W of power, whole on a 230v outlet you can get 3680W.

That is actually a perfect example of what I'm saying. You immediately assumed that we're talking about a "rated" "appliance" and not, for example, a "screw" "driver"