> I just find it bizzare that this huge washing machine, spinning away to 
> violently that it's deafening to stand near and you'd probably be injured 
> if you touched it, uses about 5% of the power of a teeny little kettle. 
> Far out!

And then you'd probably also be surprised how loud your speakers are when 
you feed just 5 W into them.

> I'm currently measuring the fridge. Surprisingly, it uses a whole 100 W 
> when the compressor is running. (I was expecting lower.) OTOH, it doesn't 
> run for long...

> PS. 230 V? I thought it was 250 V...

IIRC the spec was changed from 240 +/- 10% to 230 +15% -5% (or something 
equally stupid) to get us inline with Europe.  Doesn't your meter tell you 
the voltage too?

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