[Shop-talk] Wiring a UK appliance in the US?

[Scott Hall]

This is the thing she wants:

https://www.miele.co.uk/domestic/hobs-and-combisets-2473.htm?mat=07982380&name=CS_1212-1_I

I've been to U.S. Miele dealers. They don't stock it and can't tell me
anything about it. Miele U.S. is slightly better--they can tell me that
product exists and is not available in the U.S.

I found a guy in the U.K. willing to ship me one.

It's definitely 240v, and I assume 50Hz (the web doesn't say, Miele won't
say, but if it's in the U.K., that's 50Hz. I can't tell if it's 50Hz/60Hz).
I know I can wire it to 240v. I'm less sure what the 50Hz/60Hz issue will
mean.

I assume--worst case--I could buy or modify a transformer. But I'd rather
just get a U.S. electrician to do it--these things suck a fair amount of
power and if ever I thought, "hm, this'd be a good place to get a
professional to do this", it'd be here. But I want to make sure the
professional is up to snuff, too.

(The reason for this specific thing is the physical layout and that it has
knobs. We have a range. It's a nice range. It weighs a ton and I had to
pipe in a new (bigger) gas line for it. It's not going away. But she'd like
to add induction. She'd like it to be vertically-oriented as opposed to
horizontally-oriented in the counter. She'd like to control it with knobs
instead of buttons. I agree with her on all those--the buttons are a pain
in the ass, and this thing takes up less counter real estate. Exactly one
manufacturer makes an induction hob with those specifications, and it's
that thing. So...there it is. To offset this, she didn't even bat an eye
about the 'need' for a four-car garage with a lift. So I'm coming out
ahead.)

On Nov 12, 2017 12:23 PM, "Mark" <mark at nashvilletn.org> wrote:

> Scott,  It will be the 50HZ that might cause a problem everything in the
> US is 60HZ.  A lot of appliances are built for 50 or 60HZ but the Miele
> specs don't show it that way. If you haven't bought it yet then just buy
> the US 60 HZ version like here https://www.ajmadison.com/cgi-
> bin/ajmadison/KM6365.html  The 240/208 voltage spec is the same, you will
> need a big circuit to handle 40 Amp.
> Mark
> Nashville
>
>
> On 11/12/2017 9:34 AM, Scott Hall wrote:
>
> Miele induction top
>
>
>
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