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Originally Posted by red-beard
Most most electric cooktops, in wall ovens, electric ranges, electric dryers, hot water heaters, and of course any Air Conditioner 12,000 BTU and up, are 240VAC
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When we bought this house the only 240v breaker in use was for the central AC unit. Everything else was 120v or gas.
We installed a pottery kiln and table saw in the garage, both 240v, through a garage subpanel supplied from the last unused slots on my main panel.
Then my wife bought an electric clothes dryer, replacing the old gas unit, so the previously unused 240v breaker for the dryer circuit was required.
Now this dishwasher has required a basement subpanel, using the slots where the dryer breaker used to be. The clothes dryer and dishwasher will both run off that subpanel. I have a commercial dual head espresso machine that I want to get refurbished and use, and that will run off the subpanel as well.
I suppose a new main panel may eventually be required. The current one is only 125A. However, our next clothes dryer will be gas, so I might be able to hold off until I do something really major like the long-hoped-for solar panel/battery system.
We are thinking about getting an electric car; that charger would require another 240v circuit from the garage subpanel and I'd use a timer to charge it at night.