How can I tell if a 220 line is aleady there? will the recepticle look different?
2007-05-12 02:46:10 · 3 answers · asked by vacation1 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Engineering
If you run a 220V appliance on a 120 volt line, it will try to draw the same power. Power= volts X amps, so if you halve the volts you double the amps. Most house wiring is only 10-30 amp rated so with the power draw of an oven if you are lucky you would blow a breaker; if not, cause a fire.
If your house could take it the oven could not. The heating element (to put out the same amount of heat) needs to be 220/120 or about double the area or it will overheat. That's why if you buy an espresso machine in Italy (as I did once) they put a different heating element in it for use in North America.
So in order to do this you would need a high amp 120 circuit and a different heating element. Probably easier to run a 220 line to the appliance.
Europe runs on 220, because it reduces the wire size and cost.
2007-05-12 11:20:27 · answer #1 · answered by DT3238 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
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do all electric ovens run on a 220 line? what will happen if i run it on the standard 120?
How can I tell if a 220 line is aleady there? will the recepticle look different?
2015-08-02 02:54:06 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, there are 120 V electric ovens out there. The 240 V outlet will be a larger 3 pronged outlet that looks nothing like a standard outlet. If you rewired a 240 V Oven into a 120 V outlet you could create a fire hazard due to pulling more amps through the outlet than it was designed for.
2007-05-12 02:51:41 · answer #3 · answered by Jeremy S 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
A 220 volt oven has elements designed for 220V. They have a resistance so that gives the correct current and watts when run on 220V. When run of 120V the current will be about 1/2 of that when run on 220V. Therefore the power will be about 1/4 of the power when run on 220V.
current = voltage/resistance power = current*voltage
2013-12-22 07:37:40 · answer #4 · answered by Art 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Since most stoves are wired directly and not through a plug, you'll have to go to your breaker box and look at that. If you have a 220 breaker, it'll take up two slots. One handle for two positions. If not, you don't have 220. If you try to use the oven, you'll fine it never heats up and it may even constantly pop the breaker when wired to 110.
2007-05-12 02:53:02 · answer #5 · answered by Gene 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
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No, Gas stoves only require a 110 input 15 amp breaker
2016-04-10 23:36:24 · answer #6 · answered by Mary 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most 220V stoves use a maximum of 50A, if that stove was running on 110V it would use a maximum of 100A, which is a massive amount of current, the wires would have to be very thick and a tremendous amount of heat would be generated by the wires, thus 220V is used because it is safer. A dryer uses 220V for the same reason.
2007-05-12 05:13:28 · answer #7 · answered by Mαtt 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋