Everything you said 360 is off the wall!
I mean this nicely, and to provide information, not to be insaulting.
First if you have power company supplied electric you already have 220v into the house. Any electrician that says otherwise is trying to rip you off!
Unless you need something extra dificult like ripping out walls or running wires under a swimming pool, then any company that charges $800 to install a normal 220v outlet is ripping you off, period!
You have two wires that are 110v and a common, and ground into your fuse/breaker box! Use one 110v wire and one common and the ground and you have 110v. Use both 110v and one common and you have 220v! That is all there is to that!
I would explain 3 phase to you, but your aready confused enough about 220!
Of course you need them wired to the correct conections though
If you did not have the correct voltage then you must have been trying to run a 220v stove on 110v or a junky little extension cord! Try to fill your gas tank with desiel and see how well that works! Or if you have a desiel then fill with gas instead! About the same thing, it ain't going to work, and you could actually do a little damage trying!
If it took 1 1/2 hours to reach 350, then go to someones house with a real working 220v stove and bake a pizza! Oven heats to 450 rapidly and the pizza is done in 45 minutes!
Newer homes not having 220v is just plain bull unless your looking at solar power, and even most of those have it!
The $400 110v oven will not save time compared to a working 220v kitchen stove. 220v is more cost effective even as it uses less power and has better performance. Why do you think they make 220v hot water tanks, stoves, dryers, aircompressors, and window air conditioners?
They do make smaller 110v units in the above items for people who don't want to mess with connecting 220, or portable units as 110v because you can find 110v in any room anywhere that has electric. It is not better, just more easily available.
Who's looking for an industrial unit? I think the average home user is looking for what works well at a low cost. Not something to bake an airplane
If the cheapest used stoves you can find is $125, then you were looking at Sears and BEST BUY at the scratch and dent items, not used stuff!
Used is stuff that is working well but being disposed of because they just bought a new improved model and don't need two!
I have lived all over the country, from east to west, and never had trouble finding a good used stove, frig, washer, or dryer for less than $100 anywhere! Most the time I get them around $25 -$50 unless I am looking for nearly new and fancy, which you don't need for powder coating anyway. You generally get the same type garuantee with a used appliaince as you do with a used car! But much less to go wrong
The 220v dryer I use now I bought used over 6 years ago and only cost me $15. It just broke the belt a couple days ago, so I will probably buy another used one, cheaper than buying the belt! I have 3 washers, all worked great when bought and still do, none cost more than $50.
I have 2 frigs that worked fine, bought cheap! I don't use them, bought them to store welding rods and such to keep em dry. But they worked great when bought and still might if I plug em in?
It ain't going to burn down your house unless you do it yourself! It either works or it don't! Most a bad one will do is pop a fuse or breaker, and rarley will they do that. Most often they just sit there and do nothing if bad! Often you can get one for free that one or two top burners don't work. You don't need those for baking anyway!
Did you buy a hardrive for your computer for the size program you were installing, or did you buy larger so you could do more stuff later?
You never buy the smallest you can get by with, sure you may only want to do water pumps today, but what you gonna do when you want matching valve covers and oil pan in a few months? Buy another larger $400 oven??
You always get a little more than you need so you can meet future needs also! Do you only buy 2 gals of gas each day because that's all you need to get to work and home again? Or do you get a little extra in case you need to go elsewhere also??
Get a 220v stove used, cheap, and it will be big enough for many parts. Also on the small parts you might even be able to do several at the same time!
Learn a little basic wiring, and if you know what you are doing to be safe, you can even pull the parts from the stove and build what ever size oven you want!
What is any electric oven? An insualted metal box, heater element, themostat, and a control to set the tempature.
That's all any electric heater is. Dryer has a drum and motor to bounce the clothes, but the heat is the same. Toaster oven, hot water tank, deep fryer, all the same thing, just different parts!
I build most of my own equipment myself like that for odd uses.
If you know what you are doing it is perfectly safe, and if you don't know then DON'T do it!!!!!!
I have an electric dryer I use to dry sawdust for a specail use, built it from junk parts to meet my needs, about $25! I could have bought a smaller kiln to do smaller loads of the same stuff for around $700, but why??
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