Written by Caitlin
Edited on
28 January 2025
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08:54
Switch from gas cooking to 3-phase electric cooking
You want to switch from cooking on a gas cooktop to cooking on a very powerful 3-phase cooktop. How you do this depends on how many phases your network operator supplies to your home. Depending on whether these are 1 or 3 phases, you can follow one of the steps below.
See how many phases of energy flow into your home
The energy meter always shows how many phases of energy enters your house. This can be 1 phase or 3 phases. Look at the electricity meter in your fuse box. How many phases of energy does your house provide?
- 1 phase: there's 220/230V on your electricity meter.
- 3 phases: there's 3x220/230V or 380/400V on your electricity meter.
Are you stuck? Contact your network operator and ask how many phases they supply to your home.
1 phase
3 phases
Step-by-step plan 1 phase
To make your house with 1-phase connection suitable for a very powerful 3-phase cooktop, please contact your network operator. They can tell you whether it's possible to supply 3 phases of electricity instead of 1 phase and what the costs are. As soon as you receive 3 phases, call an electrician. They can build a power group in your fuse box and extend the wiring to your kitchen. After this, your house is suitable for a 3-phase cooktop.
Step-by-step plan 3 phases
Does your electricity meter say 3x220/230V or 380/400V? This means your network operator supplies enough electricity for a 3-phase cooktop. Now, it's a matter of contacting an electrician to make your fuse box and kitchen suitable. They'll place a power group in your fuse box against payment and transfer the required wiring to your kitchen. Once all this has happened, your home is suitable for a powerful cooktop that works with 3-phase electricity.
Article by Caitlin
Cooktop Expert.
