I am visiting the US from where I live in continental Europe, and have brought my portable espresso pot with me. It heats the water through an internal coil, and has a power cable and standard Continental Europe plug with two pins. I'm using a plug adapter for it to work in the US. Back home it takes about 4 mins to boil, in this apartment it's more like 30 mins. I've tried other adapters, which don't change it. I've tried other plug sockets, and unless its my imagination it seems to take even longer. Other European appliances I'm using in this apartment work as normal, with adapters of course.
Any ideas why it's taking so long to boil? Could it be something to do with different voltages, or the adapter? Any ideas about a solution to make the espresso pot function as normal?
Any ideas why it's taking so long to boil? Could it be something to do with different voltages, or the adapter? Any ideas about a solution to make the espresso pot function as normal?
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