Surprised to hear you still have 3 phase installations. All houses here
are single phase 240V. Industrial installations use 3 phase.
Alan C
On 08-Apr-20 08:14 AM, Paul Sorenson wrote:
Actually, the dual voltage (120/240VAC) infrastructure is not too bad
to deal with. Appliances with a high power draw - stove, oven, water
heater, well pump, for example - require 240 V, but each has a
dedicated circuit. Nearly everything else - lights, receptacles,
kitchen appliances are 120V. You do need to set up your 120V circuits
so there is a balanced load with each phase of the 240V providing
fairly equal power.
-p
On 4/8/2020 12:48 AM, David Mann wrote:
You can never put too many outlets in a kitchen. We have a similar
arrangement to you for the outlets and it's just enough. One of the
outlets has a USB charger built-in. We also have the dishwasher on a
switch to prevent little fingers from accidentally activating it.
We had our entire switchboard replaced when we installed the
kitchen. Partly because the old one contained asbestos and the
kitchen work would have require drilling into it, but also to get the
entire house protected with earth-leakage breakers (due again to
little fingers).
That dual-voltage system must be a pain in terms of infrastructure.
Cheers,
Dave
On Apr 7, 2020, at 11:33 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi
<[email protected]> wrote:
Hi!
Hmm. Well, we're to code for here. I rebuilt the kitchen in 2016 and
everything passed the building inspector afterwards nicely. It
failed inspection before I did the job… The building was built in
1973 and had dismal wiring in the condominium units … I've ripped
out all the electricals and upgraded everything throughout the condo
to modern spec and capabilities.
That wall behind the sink now has three standard 110VAC outlets
spaced about 1.3m apart to provide power for countertop appliance
use, plus the switching for undercabinet lighting and the garbage
disposal unit. They're all-weather sealed outlets inside and all
properly grounded. I have two more on the opposite side of the
kitchen at each end of the other main work counter, and one in the
refrigerator nacelle. Each side of the kitchen is a separate circuit
with its own breaker protection. There's also the 240VAC high load
circuit for the stovetop, convection/microwave oven, and dishwasher
on the sink side. I went all out to provide sufficient, safe
circuits and power because before I redid the kitchen there was just
one 110VAC and one 240VAC circuit for everything, and only two
poorly placed outlets.
A little TMI, I'm sure. I had too much fun designing the kitchen and
re-laying-out the electricals for the condo. Never mind all the
other projects and upgrades… :D
G
—
"Simplify, simplify, simplify.” ~ Henry David Thoreau
"One 'simplify' would have sufficed." ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
On Apr 7, 2020, at 12:28 AM, David Mann <[email protected]> wrote:
I think it would be illegal to have electrical sockets that close
to a sink here.
Cheers,
Dave
On Apr 7, 2020, at 9:33 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi
<[email protected]> wrote:
I've been putzing about the condo today with the camera.
Dining Table - Santa Clara 2020 :: https://flic.kr/p/2iMGYtD
Red Sofa - Santa Clara 2020 :: https://flic.kr/p/2iMGYv2
Mexican Bear - Santa Clara 2020 :: https://flic.kr/p/2iMCvAE
Kitchen Sink - Santa Clara 2020 :: https://flic.kr/p/2iMGYwj
All made with Hasselblad 907x and the XCD 21mm f/4 lens, ISO 200 @
f/8.
Great art...? LOL! But it's fun and I'm getting to know the camera
pretty well now.
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