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I am in Australia and am in the process of having our home supply wired for three-phase 415v. Everything is heading down the path of electrification. Where pr
by FLT8 3y ago
I am in Australia and am in the process of having our home supply wired for three-phase 415v. Everything is heading down the path of electrification. Where previously we had gas central heating, cooking, and hot water, we are replacing those with electric HVAC (30amp circuit @ 240v, admittedly rarely driven that hard), electric instantaneous hot water (40 amp @ 240v), induction cooktop (32 amp), oven (15 amp), and also introducing a car charger (total approx 45 amps across the three phases).. it's likely at least the HVAC, cooktop/oven, car charger, and hot water could be on at or around the same time, which would result in more power draw than a standard single phase connection here (80a) could supply. It's not that it's needed all the time, but it's helpful to have the headroom a 3-phase supply can provide.