Posts by LHB • Home Renovation & Building Forum

24 April 2023

Apr 24, 2023 10:26 am

In addition to the reasons mentioned above, for anybody else that stumbles across this in future I thought I would add that many induction cooktops require 3 phase power in order to provide the 'boost' functionality of the cooktop and / or run multiple cooking zones. I built an all electric 3 phase...

There was an article in the financial review about this on Friday. The guy was arguing against this theory suggesting i...

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25 March 2023

Mar 25, 2023 9:57 am

thanks Pulse, we have now asked our builder to install 3 phase if it is available.

24 March 2023

Mar 24, 2023 4:16 pm

Hi Stonesthrow, thanks for your reply, appreciate the advice, regards Lynne

22 March 2023

Mar 22, 2023 4:08 pm

go 3 phase. don't get a battery until you live in the house and determine if you will even have much to store after your required use. I have an all electric house with a 12KW system and it is not economical for me to get a battery. thanks sifntdaz, appreciate your feedback, will take it on board, ...

thanks sifntdaz, appreciate your feedback, will take it on board, our current home has solar but no battery and we find...

22 March 2023

Mar 22, 2023 3:52 pm

Im no sparky or profesionl in this space by any means, but always go three phase if you can. If you ever want to build a workshotp, do welding, have all your appliances on etc you will end up coming up against some problems. at the very least if you get an EV it wont take you forever to charge the ...

Hi ponzutwo, thanks for your response, I get what you are saying, better to be save than sorry. cheers, Lynne

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22 March 2023

Mar 22, 2023 3:17 pm

Hi All, We are having a new fully electric home built, with the plan to install solar and a solar battery, this is all so new to us, having never built a new home or been fully electric. Can anyone out there tell me if we will run into problems with having only single phase power (we are building in...

Hi All, We are having a new fully electric home built, with the plan to install solar and a solar battery, this is all s...