“i live in NYC and the voltage here is 220. I see this stove is rated at 240VAC. Is this going to be a problem with the stove or do I need to have different coils installed? Thanks. Scott”
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All electric appliances sold in USA have been designed to work with 208/240 V and 220 V is within that range. Electric coils have been designed for maximum voltage of 240 V. Nominal Wattage mentioned in the specs is when connected to 240 V only. What you have to keep in mind is due to law of Ohm, the lower the voltage , the lower the wattage. So when connected to 208 V you lose 25% of Wattage and when connected to 220 V you lose 15%. Manufactures unfortunately do not make special coils for 208/220 V for very large number of reasons. Primary reason is new 2010 edition of NEC (National Electric Code) and fire safety. Hope this helps.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.There will not be any problem as I also have 220 voltage and have not had any problem.
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