On Sun, 14 Aug 2005 10:49:26 +0100, (Steve Firth)
wrote:

Rod wrote:

Again, this is a similar model (FLF244) but it seems to be in noir only.
And here at last is the question! Why is this is rated at 2200 watts? Do
French electrics not support 3 KW appliances? How do they handle high load
appliances such as heaters, cookers, etc.?

I'm not sure about the French, but in Italian houses there are two types
of socket, 10A and 16A, although usually most sockets are 16A with a
secondary set of connectors to take a 10A plug. TBH operating a 2.2kW
load from a 10A socket sounds to me like pushing the limits but I
suppose that it may be reason that the kettles are limited to 2.2kW.

As to cookers, as in the UK, single ovens can be fitted with a plug
(16A), larger ovens need to be wired in.

I'm sure a SMEG oven I bought had the possibility of being connected
to a 3 phase supply by a cunning re-arrangement of links. Can't quite
see how they could do that unless they just put the top oven on one
phase and the bottom one on another. The main (fan) oven only has one
element on at a time.

DG