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Is it possible to convert a 220v stove/oven so I can run it on a 110v outlet?
Or possible to find a 110v stove/oven?
I live in an ancient apt and I have a hot plate. It'll cost me close to $1000. to have wiring put in for a stove. I can't afford that but I'd like to find a way to have an oven again.
Any info would be much appreciated.
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If the place NEEDS an electric stove, then it NEEDS a 220V outlet for that oven. Gas stoves use 110V.
And search a bit-you'll find a nice, long (and sometimes technical) discussion of a similar subject from just a few days ago.
What RAILhead says is true. You CANNOT run an electric stove off 110VAC, and there are NO electric stoves that use only 110V.
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Yes, step-up converters would do. I doubt it'll be cheaper though. And might not meet safety standards.
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WTH, did you notice the unit price on those babies? They START at over $2k... Better to pay an electrician to wire the 220V circuit and buy a kick-@ss electric stove-much cheaper!
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Originally Posted by ghporter 
WTH, did you notice the unit price on those babies? They START at over $2k... Better to pay an electrician to wire the 220V circuit and buy a kick-@ss electric stove-much cheaper!
I know. 
Just wanted to point out that there ARE options.
Never said they were viable ones.
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Do you have natural gas heat? If you don't have a 220v outlet near the area where the stove should be, then it's probably because there's a capped-off gas pipe somewhere that can be used with a gas stove. Gas stoves nowadays typically use 110v power, because it's not using the electricity to generate the heat.
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Originally Posted by urban.antelope
Is it possible to convert a 220v stove/oven so I can run it on a 110v outlet?
Or possible to find a 110v stove/oven?
I live in an ancient apt and I have a hot plate. It'll cost me close to $1000. to have wiring put in for a stove. I can't afford that but I'd like to find a way to have an oven again.
Any info would be much appreciated.
The problem isn't the voltage per se, but the total power output of the outlet, normally expressed in watts. A standard US outlet is 120V/15A, or 1800W. An oven requires well over 3000W of power, regardless of what voltage it runs on. (Note that that's just the oven; the cooktop requires that much again.) The 240V stove circuits have a MUCH higher wattage, typically 50A yielding 12,000 watts.
In other words, a standard 120V outlet doesn't provide enough power to heat even half the oven, never mind fully heat the oven and let you cook on burners.
If you want an oven, you have three options: pony up to get a proper 240V stove circuit, get a plumber to install a gas line, or use a gas stove with a propane or natural gas tank (the latter is common in third-world countries).
An interim option is to get a high-quality toaster oven/rotisserie gadget.
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Originally Posted by Goldfinger
Move to Europe ?
A European outlet is still just 2000W; that's about 10,000W too few!
You guys run your stoves on 380V anyway!
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Originally Posted by tooki
A European outlet is still just 2000W; that's about 10,000W too few!
I've seen 16A breakers, so that would allow for 3500 Watts. Still not enough though...
Originally Posted by tooki
You guys run your stoves on 380V anyway!
That is true.
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Originally Posted by what_the_heck
I've seen 16A breakers, so that would allow for 3500 Watts. Still not enough though...
Well we have higher-amperage circuits, too, but that's not the norm. A STANDARD circuit in Europe is 10A.
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Originally Posted by tooki
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You guys run your stoves on 380V anyway!
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That explains the bad tasting food.
Too many volts, apparently.
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Originally Posted by Spliffdaddy
That explains the bad tasting food.
Too many volts, apparently.
Oh so witty...
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you could rewire the stove to be 110v, my old roommate did this with our hottub.
I would not do anything of this without someone who knows what they are doing, you can burn your house down or worse kill some body.
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Again, the problem is that a stove needs FAR more amperage than a regular outlet can provide, regardless of the voltage. The reason you can only get hot plates for 120V is that one or two small burners, OR a small toaster oven, is all a standard outlet can support.
Sure, you could hack in the heating coils from a toaster oven into a full oven, but it would only be able to heat it to 150 degrees!
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Originally Posted by tooki
Sure, you could hack in the heating coils from a toaster oven into a full oven, but it would only be able to heat it to 150 degrees!
Hey, that would be a great topic for the DIY Lounge.
If we had one 
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It *could* operate on one leg of residential voltage (120v) but it would send the amperage through the roof along with your electrical bill. You don't get 240v through one wire in residential, you get 120v on two legs. (split phase 3-wire: 2 hots +neutral) So if you just capped off either the red or black wire in the oven receptacle and in the panel box, and put it on a single 120v breaker, then pigtailed two wires to the one leg of 120v, something would happen that would resemble the oven "working."
However if you simply pigtailed two wires on a 120v 3-wire wall outlet box, if the oven worked it would most likely melt the 12 gauge wire feeding it.
The moral of the story is, DON'T DO IT. An electrician could most likely install the proper wiring for a few hundred dollars, especially if you have an attic or a crawl space.
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