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In which European country is triphasic power for houses becoming normal?
by mendigou 3y ago
In which European country is triphasic power for houses becoming normal?
- ClumsyPilot 3y agoapartment blocks always do
- arghwhat 3y agoIn Denmark, the only places without triphase power are some very old apartments in inner Copenhagen. To be fair, some of those apartments predate US independence by a hundred years. Those buildings do have triphasic power, but had a silly scheme where each apartment got two random phases. All houses have triphasic power (usually 35A per phase, sometimes 63A), and all apartment buildings with electrics from the last 2-3 decades provide triphasic power to each apartment as well. Our ovens and cooktops expect triphasic power, with a two-phase downgraded configuration for backup. Same for Sweden I believe.
- apexalpha 3y agoIn the Netherlands pretty much every house has it. Even if it's not connected yet the lines will have been buried already.
- ffgjgf1 3y agoWhere I am (Eastern Europe) the cost difference is insignificant. There is no reason to not get triphasic for new detached/semi-detached houses.