(www.youtube.com)

77 points zdw | 1 comments | 28 Nov 25 02:58 UTC | HN request time: 0.207s | source

Show context

silexia ◴[28 Nov 25 05:47 UTC] No.46075861[source]▶

I am a farmer with giant water pumps and center pivots that run on 3 phase 480 volt power. One of my pumps has 85 horsepower. I wonder if I could wire up some sort of custom made tea kettle and get water to boil in five seconds?

replies(7): >>46076564 #>>46077000 #>>46077367 #>>46077772 #>>46181668 #>>46181744 #>>46182475 #

1. 4gotunameagain ◴[28 Nov 25 08:03 UTC] No.46076564[source]▶

>>46075861 #

For sure, you could use six 240V heating elements wired in series in three pairs to get their rated power.

Of you can wire 240V elements directly to 480V to quadruple the power, as shown in the video ;)

↑

My car charger can boil water really fast [video]