Comment by crote
2 months ago
Sure, but over in 230V-land 3500W hot plates are completely standard, and can plug into any regular wall socket. Same with microwaves and hot-air ovens: just put it anywhere on your kitchen countertop and plug it into the nearest socket.
We do also have a "kitchen plug" for high-powered appliances. Those go up to 7.3kW in their regular dual-single-phase 16A version, 11kW when wired with three phases (quite common in households these days), or even 17kW with the (understandably) rarely-used 25A plug variant with three-phase wiring.
And that's not even commercial equipment, just what you'd pick up at your local Best Buy equivalent. The commercial stuff uses CeeForm, which is a three-phase 16A/32A/63A/125A plug. Or it's getting hard-wired.
What is the specific standard for domestic 16 A and 25 A 3-phase plugs you’re referring to?
Not OP but - I can't answer the specific regs, but 16A/240V is absolutely bog standard for the UK and every high street store stocks ovens that will draw this down. They need to be on their own circuit, e.g. this [0].
I've never seen a single oven pull more than this, but devices like [1] are fairly common where you have two independent ovens in one, and it can pull 21A - this would necessitate the 25A supply.
As for three phase - https://www.howdens.com/-/media/howdens/assets/clh_asset_pro... this hob (which I have) will take 3-phase 16A, or single phase 32A. I've not come across any 32A 3-phase devices for home usage, though.
[0] https://ao.com/product/b54cr71g0b-neff-n70-slide--hide-elect...
[1] https://www.smeguk.com/products/DUSF6300X
Perilex.