Re:North American versus European distribution systems (2011)
by zajio1am on Monday August 26, 2019 @08:11AM
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Hot-plate-only electric stoves are two-phase. Electric stoves with integrated oven are usually three-phase.
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Re:North American versus European distribution systems (2011)
by dagw on Monday August 26, 2019 @08:22AM
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Not modern stoves. Buy anything from the past few years and it's almost certainly just comes with a 240V plug
Re:North American versus European distribution systems (2011)
by zajio1am on Monday August 26, 2019 @09:15AM
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Just checked e-shop - most ovenless induction stoves with 4 zones were 7 kW (two phase). Only small portable 2-zone induction hotplates have 240V plug. Regular induction stoves with 4 zones and integrated oven were ~11 kW (3x16 A).
Re:North American versus European distribution systems (2011)
by lazyjones on Monday August 26, 2019 @09:15AM
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I just checked. ~20% of the hot plate-only stoves with 4+ cooking fields from 2016 or newer consume 8KW+ according to a popular European price comparison site (these are certainly 3-phase). For induction it's about 10%. Almost all of them consume more than 4KW, so should be 2-phase minimum and obviously won't come with a Schuko plug.
Re:North American versus European distribution systems (2011)
by nemetroid on Monday August 26, 2019 @08:51AM
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Also country-dependent. In Sweden, most modern stoves would be 240V, but with the possibility to connect two (or even three) phases.
I imagine that the same stove models are sold all over Europe, but that in countries where multiple phases are uncommon, the stove would come with a 240V plug already connected (i.e. set up to use a single phase).
Re:North American versus European distribution systems (2011)
by zajio1am on Monday August 26, 2019 @09:22AM
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Even if the stove is powered by single phase [1], it may not be used with a 240V plug, as these are rated for 16 A. And 3.7 kW limit is enough ony for small portable 2-plate stoves.
[1] which is possible even for full 11 kW stove, if you have 40A single phase power.
Re:North American versus European distribution systems (2011)
by fyfy18 on Monday August 26, 2019 @03:39PM
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Bosch (and I assume Siemens and Neff which are the same company) induction hobs are limited electronically. There is a setting that lets you configure the max power it can draw from 1000W - maximum (7400W for this model):
https://media3.bosch-home.com/Documents/bosch.html?matNumber... see "Basic Settings"