BS 1363 British Plugs and Sockets

Re:BS 1363 British Plugs and Sockets by jansan on Thursday April 10, 2025 @01:17AM (#43640867)

You usually do not plug an oven into a standard 230V socket in Germany. They are connected to 3 phase outlets with 400V and up to 16A, which is nothing to sneeze at.

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Re:BS 1363 British Plugs and Sockets by seszett on Thursday April 10, 2025 @03:58AM (#43641716)

3 phase for ovens? That seems totally overkill to me.

In France even though they're not usually plugged into a standard socket, all the ovens I've used ran on standard single phase current. Houses are almost never wired for 3 phase anyway.

Parent was talking about toaster ovens though, and those are (as far as I know) always plugged to normal sockets.

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Re:BS 1363 British Plugs and Sockets by jabl on Thursday April 10, 2025 @01:23AM (#43640900)

Isn't this the common thing in (most of?) Europe? At least here up north it seems to be the standard.

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