The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 2 months agoThis could've been so bad.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square13linkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
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minus-squareFermion@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoIt’s aluminum, and I have seen it first hand. My brother is not attentive… He almost burned the house down a couple times. Those coil heaters put out a lot of heat at full power. Once all the water evaporates, that heat raises the temperature of the pan very quickly. Don’t set a pot to boil and then go do something else in a different room, especially if that something else is playing age of empires.
minus-squareColdcell@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoBut if you watch it, it won’t boil?
minus-squareFermion@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoKeep it in your peripheral but don’t stare directly.
It’s aluminum, and I have seen it first hand. My brother is not attentive… He almost burned the house down a couple times.
Those coil heaters put out a lot of heat at full power. Once all the water evaporates, that heat raises the temperature of the pan very quickly.
Don’t set a pot to boil and then go do something else in a different room, especially if that something else is playing age of empires.
But if you watch it, it won’t boil?
Keep it in your peripheral but don’t stare directly.