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> You're more likely to get three phase in countries where electrical stoves, ovens, and even house heating are more common (Germany being the most obvious exam
by wolfgke 7y ago
> You're more likely to get three phase in countries where electrical stoves, ovens, and even house heating are more common (Germany being the most obvious example).
As I wrote in https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20799176 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20799176, in Germany, electrical house heating is very uncommon.
- close04 7y ago> electrical stoves, ovens, and even house heating are more common My point is that it's still more common than other countries, especially south and east of Germany, as I made very clear above (that even was there to help make the point). And in this comment I didn't forget to mention electric stoves and ovens which are very much a common thing. According to the spec my stove (radiant) and oven together top up at 9.6KW usable, not just adding numbers for each burner. That's double or triple what you'd get out of any regular 240V wiring (usually ~2.5KW/10A, sometimes ~3.6KW/15A, haven't seen 4KW 240V sockets so far). With an induction stove you could go lower overall but almost all electric ovens out there are in the 3-3.5KW range. I imagine it's the reason every single house I lived in had 380V.