Separate supplies?

[telectrix]

about 20kW - 23kW. as eng54 said. get an eletrician to asses the requirements. if you post your location, 1 of us may be close to you.

 

[sarah2009]

about 20kW - 23kW. as eng54 said. get an eletrician to asses the requirements. if you post your location, 1 of us may be close to you.

Thanks. Oh yes, we do have someone coming to visit though he is on holiday until after the New Year now... We are trying to understand a bit more ourselves first

So I take that the limit for the house is 20kW at any one point in time? We have checked the annual energy consumption of each fridge will be 208 kWh, which means it will be about 0.02 kW per hour.

 

[telectrix]

what you need to allow for is that everything will not be drawing power at the same time. unless you have some heavy stuff, like showers and cooking equipment,then 20kW is ample .

 

[sarah2009]

what you need to allow for is that everything will not be drawing power at the same time. unless you have some heavy stuff, like showers and cooking equipment,then 20kW is ample .

There will be quite a few showers in the house, but hot water is all done by gas system boiler (megaflow), will that use much electrical power please?

Which will draw more power please? An electric hob or microwave?

Many thanks.

 

[telectrix]

gas water heating does not use much electric power. it's the heating that consumes the most power either electric or gas.

power showers are the way forward. the ones that have hot and cold feed.. so you're not using 9kW to heat water.

electric hob will use a lot more power than a microwave. look at the rating plate to see the kW.

 

[sarah2009]

gas water heating does not use much electric power. it's the heating that consumes the most power either electric or gas.

power showers are the way forward. the ones that have hot and cold feed.. so you're not using 9kW to heat water.

electric hob will use a lot more power than a microwave. look at the rating plate to see the kW.

Thanks a lot. When u say 9kw to heat water, is that gas or electric pls? Thanks.

 

[telectrix]

what i meant was the difference in the type of shower. an instantaneous shower ( cold feed only) is about 9kW electric. a power shower has hot and cold feed: the only electric power used is the pump which is only as few watts.

 

[GMES]

Tel I hope you get the job with how much information you have given to the op, you really are a Gent.:wink5::wink5:

 

[Octopus]

Sarah, what you need to do for your "holidaying" spark, or any other, is to come up with an "outline" requirement for each self contained flat.....then the people you consult first hand would have something to go on. Hope this helps

 

[telectrix]

Tel I hope you get the job with how much information you have given to the op, you really are a Gent.:wink5::wink5:

just passing away the time till beer o'clock. :17: