First I need to sink two 40 metre long shipping containers into the ground to make my massive underground cool room
Yes I understand the slope, trying to avoid it.
I found a lot of these consumer ovens and cooktops can easily get quite pricey.
I can get a restaurant grade gas cooker with electric oven for the same price as consumer units. Or 1/2 the price of the consumer units if I buy a used one. The only issue is the electric ovens on restaurant gear is normally looking for 3-phase electricity.
I have a 440V 80amp main interrupter switch in the circuit breaker closet inside the house so it started to look promising.
Going out to the work shed where the underground power comes into the property there is a meter with Phase: 1, Wires: 2 but it is not spinning and looks dead. There is a second meter with Phase: 2, Wires: 3 Voltage: 440 and it is actively spinning. I turned the lights on in the shed and it span faster while the other meter still was not spinning.
The previous owner (tried) to tell me he thought there (might) be 3-phase in the work shed and single phase to the house. But this is the same guy that fancied himself a tractor wiring expert and I have one dead (non recoverable) battery, broken connectors to the alternator, a whole slew of missing wires and connectors not plugged into anything and other mechanical issues to sort out when the weather gets warmer. So after what I have seen he's done to the house and tractor I have no more trust in what he said.
As I don't have my first electric bill yet I can not use that to try and determine what type of service I have.
I was sure 3-phase was 3 240V supplies, 240 to neutral, 440 phase to phase, and 4 conductors bringing it in, but I'm still a bit suss with one lifeless meter...
I have some timers and other gear on there, also an off-peak-water heater to sort out sussing how the hookups work but for now it is quite windy, freezing and starting to drizzle so I'm back inside warming up by the fire.
Cheers,
Brewer Pete