Why the heck are we waiting more than a minute for toast?
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kundip
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The current average life expectancy is 72.6 years, and we can assume that people do not begin browning toast until they are at least 12.6 years old (60 years to brown toast).
There are 52.1429 weeks/year * 60 years = 3128.574 weeks in this time.
I brown toast about 2–3 times in a week, which comes out to 2.5 toast browning sessions/week * 3128.574 weeks = 7821.435 toast brownings over a lifetime.
I brown my toast for about 4 minutes at a time, so we have 4 minutes/toast browning * 7821.435 toast brownings 31285.74 minutes/60 minutes/hour = 521.42900 hours/24 hours/day = 21.7262083 days/7 days/week = 3.10374404 weeks spent browning toast in a lifetime!
(Stolen from Dylan Melkim - Quora)
Russel Hobbs
There are 52.1429 weeks/year * 60 years = 3128.574 weeks in this time.
I brown toast about 2–3 times in a week, which comes out to 2.5 toast browning sessions/week * 3128.574 weeks = 7821.435 toast brownings over a lifetime.
I brown my toast for about 4 minutes at a time, so we have 4 minutes/toast browning * 7821.435 toast brownings 31285.74 minutes/60 minutes/hour = 521.42900 hours/24 hours/day = 21.7262083 days/7 days/week = 3.10374404 weeks spent browning toast in a lifetime!
(Stolen from Dylan Melkim - Quora)
Russel Hobbs
MrNatural22
?SW sunshine =⚡️⚡️lit up thru the darkness✌️
TOAST………??
It’s 5 o’clock somewhere. ?
It’s 5 o’clock somewhere. ?
RussNM
Solar Enthusiast
They make low carb Keto bread now so no excuses... get to browning.
Quattrohead
Solar Wizard
My little brother used to believe that brown bread burned faster.
He also mixed coffee with tea for a "coffee cup of tea'
He also mixed coffee with tea for a "coffee cup of tea'
kundip
Micro Inverter Enthusiast
Absolute cracker
That's one thing I like about visiting Europe - the toasters are faster because of the higher voltage.
Best you can do over here is avoid the slower 4 slice toasters and extra-wide bagel toasters.
Does anyone make a 220v toaster for NA? And would we be willing to rewire our kitchens for it?
Best you can do over here is avoid the slower 4 slice toasters and extra-wide bagel toasters.
Does anyone make a 220v toaster for NA? And would we be willing to rewire our kitchens for it?
Well that was my feelings too. ?
That is low carb Keto I aim for 0 carbs even though it is nearly impossible.
MrM1
I'm Here, But I'm Not All There
I use an Easy Bake Oven
Can you connect that directly to solar panels? A hybrid one would be
MrM1
I'm Here, But I'm Not All There
I can ... And now it's easier with LED bulbs, but the cook time is a Beotch
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Quattrohead
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In many US kitchens there are 2 circuits fed 1 from each phase, so just grab each hot and you have your 240v.
42OhmsPA
What's in a title?
This is a great idea (if you know what you are doing) you could even DIY a cord that terminates with a proper end... What am I missing?
To bad I don't love toast, yea toast
Avantco T3300D Commercial 10" Wide Conveyor Toaster with 3" Opening - 240V, 3300W, 800 Slices per Hour
Designed to toast up to 800 slices of bread per hour, the Avantco T3300D conveyor toaster is perfect for businesses with diverse toasting needs. Not only does its 10" wide conveyor belt fit 2 slices side-by-side, but its 3" opening accommodates a variety of products. Easily toast bread, bagels...
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Quattrohead
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Yeah being a cheap Brit I want to nick one of those from a hotel but I don't think I can get away with it ?
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This is a great idea (if you know what you are doing) you could even DIY a cord that terminates with a proper end... What am I missing?
To bad I don't love toast, yea toast
Avantco T3300D Commercial 10" Wide Conveyor Toaster with 3" Opening - 240V, 3300W, 800 Slices per Hour
Designed to toast up to 800 slices of bread per hour, the Avantco T3300D conveyor toaster is perfect for businesses with diverse toasting needs. Not only does its 10" wide conveyor belt fit 2 slices side-by-side, but its 3" opening accommodates a variety of products. Easily toast bread, bagels...
220v single phase 50hz is not US 240v split phase 60hz.... Yes, some things can use either, some things will burn up faster, some things go right for a bong hit of that purple magic smoke.
42OhmsPA
What's in a title?
Yes. That's why I linked a US 240v commercial toaster, in reference to @Quattrohead suggestion pulling a hot from each leg in a standard US kitchen. Oh the good old days of bong hits of that magic purple smoke, those were the good times.
Warpspeed
Solar Wizard
A custom home made toaster with multi kilowatts of power should be possible.
A bit of do it yourself initiative, and a toaster that could nuke a slice of bread in seconds would be awesome.
A bit of do it yourself initiative, and a toaster that could nuke a slice of bread in seconds would be awesome.
TorC
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I'm not sure a pottery kiln would actually be an optimum choice for the intended endpoint. I suspect, unless you went with direct heat on the floor, you'd find you'd have a crouton by the time it was properly brown. Making the experiment in my wax burnout oven, however, may not be entirely prudent, although the wax is supposed to fully burn off at the 1350°F.
Warpspeed's notion of making a 3kW or so two slice toaster, however, I think has a lot of merit. Cheap ones these days often run 700W or so, while better ones exceed 1kW and are still only OK as they are. As for solar usage, as long as your inverter can take it, it might well actually use less power overall, and give you a nice, crisp outside with a soft, moist inside instead of a crouton. Get a nice, dense array of heater wires and tune them to a nice, bright red hot. You might be able to just rewire the board of an older toaster and let the bimetal strip switch drive a relay to handle the higher power
Warpspeed's notion of making a 3kW or so two slice toaster, however, I think has a lot of merit. Cheap ones these days often run 700W or so, while better ones exceed 1kW and are still only OK as they are. As for solar usage, as long as your inverter can take it, it might well actually use less power overall, and give you a nice, crisp outside with a soft, moist inside instead of a crouton. Get a nice, dense array of heater wires and tune them to a nice, bright red hot. You might be able to just rewire the board of an older toaster and let the bimetal strip switch drive a relay to handle the higher power
freedomlives
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In the case of simple 2 slice toaster, the frequency wouldn't matter. European voltage is 230V, however, just as in the US, this is nominal. Actual voltage can be +/- 6% from the nominal value. Just measured my mains voltage here in Slovakia, and it is 241V.
In setting up a 240V outlet in the USA, I don't believe it would be safe to use the two phases commonly supplied in new kitchens (where half the outlet is on one phase, half on the other) unless you would replace the two circuit breakers with a 240V one that would trip if one phase is overloaded. Then what would be code compliant is a further question. And then there is the question of how GFCI in the kitchen is dealt with. A separate cable pulled to the kitchen for a toaster outlet would be ideal.
Personally, at my mom's house in the US, I have a euro outlet in the garage.
And BTW, the toaster isn't hotter because it's 230V, but because at 230V a 16A circuit can deliver twice so much energy as at 120V.
svetz
Works in theory! Practice? That's something else
What I want to know is, how many landed butter side up?
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