Water boiling help please (problem fixed, NEW problem now)

I intend to bring some water to the boil. I am thinking of about a litre. However, I am not sure how to go on from here as there are several options. I checked my local newspaper kiosk but there aren't really any journals on it. Any help would be appreciated as I'm a complete n00b if it comes to boiling water.

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/16/2009 03:53PM by Vader.

It's a bit tea-centric, but this site has a good guide:

[www.englishteastore.com]

/edit specifically this passage:

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An electric kettle is the best way to boil water for home and office use. It makes hot beverages like tea fast and easy to prepare. Tea tastes much better when made with freshly boiled water, compared to water heated in a microwave. All these kettles switch off automatically when the water boils, which is a big advantage over the stove top kettles which whistle until you turn them off.

Looks like this 'electric kettle' is the way to go

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Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 01/16/2009 03:52PM by Vader.

I looked at it but I'm a bit confused if it's compatible to my other kitchen hardware. What about the power supply unit? I heard they were the crucial point. I don't the system to crash before the water boils.

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you're a rude man, herr vader.

I hear using the stove will give you a better quality of boiled water...
Also, you might not want to put it in the microwave and then put a spoon in it...



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The old-fashioned way. Put a saucepan of water on a cooker hob, turn the heat of the hob up and let your water boil. Watch out for over-heating, which can be detrimental both to your water-boiling system and overall performance. Also, be careful when using faulty gas cookers, which can effect a permanent redecoration of your kitchen.

Vader Wrote:
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> I looked at it but I'm a bit confused if it's
> compatible to my other kitchen hardware. What
> about the power supply unit? I heard they were the
> crucial point. I don't the system to crash before
> the water boils.

You're quite right. I personally always make sure that the plug has a number of pins that correspond with the number of pins in the wall socket - i've tried different combinations in the past and not had much luck.

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Okay, it worked. After putting the water some sort of a metal container and expose it to a heatsource from underneath it took only a few minutes to let it boil. Maybe I can overclock the oven a bit to make it boil faster.

Now I wonder if I could store boiling water leftovers in the freezer so that I always have boiling water ready at hand. Any experiences?

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(can't believe I'm gonna say this)

If you don't mind the water being lumpy in the freezer, I can't see why not.

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If you want to overclock your oven, make sure you increase the temperature by a few degrees at a time, if you get splashing, bring it down a few degrees to get it stable.

You might also want some better cooling if you're going to do some extreme overclocking, so open the window slightly or if you can afford it, install some air conditioning, there are some good systems here:
[www.toshiba-aircon.co.uk]

There are some good benchmarks here: [www.benchmarkair.net]

let us know how you get on, maybe you can post some pics





Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/16/2009 05:31PM by ralv585.

overclock your oven

Best. Sentence. Ever.

Roll with the air con idea and you can use the air con to cool the room, while providing the waste heat from the air conditioning to pre-heat the water. Super-efficient boiling, it´s the future.

10/10 Vader!

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I've had a think about the problem, here's a possible solution.
Using the lumpy water, add a catalyst such as ramen noodles into the reactor vessel and use a 220 volt power source applied through a damper such as human flesh to the reactor vessel. That way, there's no need to over-clock the oven, which could possibly result in a premature oxygen based fusion reaction causing an inadvertent re-decoration of the environment. The research continues.

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Do I tack the noodles from the packing or do I put them into water with the box they came with?

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leave them in the box, it adds extra fibre

Do not boil water! The molecules will start moving faster, you wil not be able to stop them, they will move faster and faster, in the end it will cause doom's day, the whole world will end up sucked in your pot