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2. TV pickup - Wikipedia

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   TV pickups occur during breaks in popular television programmes and are a surge in demand caused by the switching on of millions of electric kettles to "brew up" cups of tea or coffee. Kettles in the UK are particularly high powered, typically consuming 2.5–3.0kW and create a very high peak demand on the electrical grid.

3. Orders of magnitude (power) - Wikipedia

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   eco: average power consumption per person in the United States in 2008 (87,216 kWh/year) 1.4 × 10 4 W tech: average power consumption of an electric car on EPA's Highway test schedule [25] [26] 1.45 × 10 4 W astro: power per square metre received from the Sun at Mercury's orbit at perihelion: 1.6–3.2 × 10 4 W

4. Electrical efficiency - Wikipedia

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   Electric kettle: more than 90% [citation needed] (comparatively little heat energy is lost during the 2 to 3 minutes a kettle takes to boil water). A premium efficiency electric motor: more than 90% (see Main Article: Premium efficiency). A large power transformer used in the electrical grid may have efficiency of more than 99%. Early 19th ...

5. Human power - Wikipedia

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   Human power is the rate of work or energy that is produced from the human body. It can also refer to the power (rate of work per time) of a human. Power comes primarily from muscles, but body heat is also used to do work like warming shelters, food, or other humans. World records of power performance by humans are of interest to work planners ...

6. IEC 60320 - Wikipedia

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   A variety of different kinds of IEC 60320 plugs and sockets. IEC 60320 Appliance couplers for household and similar general purposes [1] is a set of standards from the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) specifying non-locking connectors for connecting power supply cords to electrical appliances of voltage not exceeding 250 V (a.c.) and rated current not exceeding 16 A. [1 ...

7. Boiler (power generation) - Wikipedia

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   Boiler (power generation) An industrial boiler, originally used for supplying steam to a stationary steam engine. A boiler or steam generator is a device used to create steam by applying heat energy to water. Although the definitions are somewhat flexible, it can be said that older steam generators were commonly termed boilers and worked at low ...