Re:The cold hard truth about electric vehicles in winter
by justinclift on Sunday December 25, 2022 @10:27AM
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Any idea how common or feasible it would be in the US to get ~400v 3 phase power to the garage?
Here in Australia it's possible, though not very common. ~400v is useful for some larger sized machinery.
This discussion is assuming that the amperage is the same. The common "default" AC socket in the USA is AFAIK the NEMA 5-15, which is a 15A socket; the common "default" AC socket in other countries is AFAIK usually either 16A, 15A, or 10A, so at most you'd have one extra ampere.
Of course, if you're adding a dedicated socket where you'd expect to plug a car (or other high-power devices like a large air conditioner), you'd put a higher-power socket like a 20A one. But this discussion is, as far as I understand, about what you could find on a random garage; I believe it would be unexpected to not have at least one common "default" AC socket on am enclosed garage, but finding a higher-power AC socket would be less likely.