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Re:North American versus European distribution systems (2011) by panpanna on Monday August 26, 2019 @08:04AM (#20799097)
In EU most new ovens are 240V, partially thanks to the efficiency improvements of hot air ovens.

Still, they used to be 3-phase not long ago so OP is also correct.

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Re:North American versus European distribution systems (2011) by kuschku on Monday August 26, 2019 @09:09AM (#20799557)
A typical german stove uses 11kW for the stove + oven combination. Pretty much every stove/oven combination uses 380V 30A for power nowadays.

e.g. look at pretty much any Miele stove/oven combination.

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Re:North American versus European distribution systems (2011) by panpanna on Monday August 26, 2019 @10:30AM (#20800147)
Are you sure? 11kW is a huge number.

Just checked one random German oven (AEG) that specifies typical usage around 1kw and max at 4.8kW. Electrolux which is known for energy efficiency claims max 3kW for a similar oven.

Maybe stove is responsible for the rest?

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Re:North American versus European distribution systems (2011) by benjymo on Monday August 26, 2019 @10:40AM (#20800237)
For my relatively cheap Ikea stove, each cooking plate of my induction stove uses around 1.5 to 2 kW with "Booster" to 2.5 and 3.5 kW. It's connected to three phases and ground through three separate fuses.

The oven is separate and connected with a standard plug though.

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Re:North American versus European distribution systems (2011) by ants_a on Tuesday August 27, 2019 @06:25PM (#20815054)
Standard power for 4 "burner" stove is 7.2 kW, and can be hooked up on 2 separate phases or on one with a 32A breaker.
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