The PEA are laying the cable into the house and everything's on a 5 year warranty (incl that transformer) so I would hope they will 'balance the system' with no weak links, as it were.
I'm not looking for fire potential - its warm enough here already
They are fitting the meter towards the wall, and K.Pot is fitting a small inconspicuous viewing door in the wall so they can read the meter without having to come inside.
If the transformer is 30 kVA (isn't it marked big on it?), the load should not be more than ca. 24 - 26 kW (30 kVA * P.F.)
P.F. (cos phi) will be some 0.85, depending on the character of the connected consumers, their inductive resistance (especially motors).
Anyway, the transformers are always possible to be overloaded to a certain limit. The limit is given by the fuses (if any installed and if correctly sized).
Thanks Klondyke and all!
I am starting to get nervous now as iI dont understand any of it.
Will I be able to use he coffee machine at the same time as someone takes a shower and the TV is on?
thinking about it.....Are you guys all available to 'pop round' next Thursday to make sure there are no hiccups with this installation?
I dont wan the house burning down before i even moved in!!
its going to be ok....isnt it!!?
TD, you will have to make your math and always summarise the kW's you are going to switch on.
And/or you can install clever devices that will do the math for you and issue it in 4 colors every Fri to your acknowledgement and signature.
In case you would not do that or those, you can relax and wait and see (same as the one who we see in TV every night, who says all options are on the table (BTW, do you possess a table?)
Nev (and others) are proving quite knowledgable in the Sparkie department ... quite switched on
Something I don't know about Thai wiring.
Were I did my apprenticeship, the electricity authority was responsible for all the cableing etc up to the point where there supply meets the dwelling.
We called it the 'mains box' ... also known as the 'House Service Connector'.
Anyone know where their service stops and yours (responsibility) starts?
^^ BTW ... HAPPY BIRTHDAY to PJ
^ If copper then it should be at least 25 sqmm, if Alu then google the conversion factor I don't remember it.
^ ^^
Thanks ... 'the meter' would be the logical point.
At the Farm, the meter is some distance away and on the canal/klong bank.
All the services come down the Klong ... it's our 'road'.
It is the meter, one house I had "they" installed too small a cable, when we fired up three AC found out that it couldn't carry enough current, had to get changed to bigger.
Now undoubtedly the xformer is OK for the house but the plans for plot 1 could leave it wheezing; each unit with Jacuzzi, Aircon, Appliances and of course Kalllioke and the community centre cum bar, I think you'll need an upgrade.
Anything that gets me 'off-grid''!!
I cant get that cable size yet (weekend) but the PEA were involved in the connection to the house - I doubt they would put an under-specced cable in...
No Jacuzzi's for those villas. they can use the pool!
Karaoke is out too... peace n tranquility rules the day
What sort of 'appliances' are we talking about. are you still thinking of the 'good-time' motel?
In other news...
The other back wall was built (at no cost, thanks K.Pot) in zone 2 downstairs.
This is for the long-term security of the house - the middle section will also have a wall and there will be a door.
So that we do not lose the through draft that is a necessity for those large open-but-shaded seating areas, we left a gap at the top of the wall for the wind to pass through
It will be painted to mach the other wall too.
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