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

[Scott Hall]

Hey Michael,

Thanks, that's useful.

The manual says it's 50Hz--no reference to 50/60Hz. I don't know enough
about adapters for appliances--can one be purchased that will handle the
frequency issues? I know in some stuff they thing just runs faster. I have
no idea what it'll do with an induction cooktop.

Thanks.

Scott

On Sun, Nov 12, 2017 at 2:13 PM, Scott Hall <scott.hall.personal at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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