curt swartz
Electrical Contractor - San Jose, CA
- Location
- San Jose, CA
- Occupation
- Electrical Contractor
I just looked up the circuit size required for a new Bosch oven. This unit has a single oven on the bottom and a microwave on the top. The spec sheet says the total wattage is 10.2 KW and requires a 50 amp circuit.
Here are the detailed specs:
Bake Element Wattages cavity 1 (W): 0 kW
Broil Element Wattages cavity 1 (W): 0 W
Convection Element Wattages cavity 1 (W): 0 kW
Microwave Wattages (W): 1,200 W
Bake Element Wattages cavity 2 (W): 2,000 kW
Broil Element Wattages cavity 2 (W): 3,600 W
Convection Element Wattages cavity 2 (W): 2,000 kW
As far as I know you can only have 1 element on at a time in the lower oven. The largest of the 3 is 3,600 watts. The microwave is shown at 1200 watt which is probably the output of the magnetron so the input is slightly higher. How do they come up with 10.2 KW? Even if all elements were on at the same time including the microwave the load would not be that high but I don't think that is even possible. It just seem crazy to run a 50 amp circuit to when the load when the maximum load is probably around 5KW.
Without having the appliance onsite to verify the nameplate I guess we are stuck running the 50.
Here are the detailed specs:
Bake Element Wattages cavity 1 (W): 0 kW
Broil Element Wattages cavity 1 (W): 0 W
Convection Element Wattages cavity 1 (W): 0 kW
Microwave Wattages (W): 1,200 W
Bake Element Wattages cavity 2 (W): 2,000 kW
Broil Element Wattages cavity 2 (W): 3,600 W
Convection Element Wattages cavity 2 (W): 2,000 kW
As far as I know you can only have 1 element on at a time in the lower oven. The largest of the 3 is 3,600 watts. The microwave is shown at 1200 watt which is probably the output of the magnetron so the input is slightly higher. How do they come up with 10.2 KW? Even if all elements were on at the same time including the microwave the load would not be that high but I don't think that is even possible. It just seem crazy to run a 50 amp circuit to when the load when the maximum load is probably around 5KW.
Without having the appliance onsite to verify the nameplate I guess we are stuck running the 50.