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what is max electricity supply for residential area ?
Anonymous user 23/02/2024 - 3.10 PM
Hello guys hope you can give me some advice . For a project i need significant amount of electricity . i am just curious is it possible to get 2000 amps electricity for home use i know it appears too much for home use but is it possible ? or Can i get more than 3 phase electricity for my home if i can get what is max. amount of electricity ? thanks
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DEACON ELECTRICAL SERVICES
Rating: 5 out of 5
Ask this question to your DNA,district network operator. 2000 amps seems awfully high.
Answered23 June 2017
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Benjamin Grant Electrician
Rating: 5 out of 5
Of course you can get 2000 amps. How much money do you have?
A typical main switch in a house is 100A
A typical main switch on a 3 phase supply for a shop would be around 125A 3 phase
If you had a steel mill running electric smelters you might be able to pull around 300 amps per smelter
To get 2000A I would think you would need an 11KV supply with an onsite transformer which is around the size of half a shipping container and are immersed in oil to control the heating
To be more realistic, the most you could get (realistically) would be around 250A per phase giving you 750A in total with a main cable being brought in from the street which would likely be a 70-90mm conductor. This is typical in central London where there are 6 storey townhouses with commercial kitchen and lifts.
Hope this gives you some perspective and of course advice!
Answered25 June 2017
3
Anonymous user
Seem a huge amount of amps. Can I ask why you need so much? You'd need to go to your supply company and discuss this. But from my experience increasing a supply to a building/home can be a long process.
Answered24 June 2017
1
QHH Electrical Services Ltd
Rating: 4.9 out of 5
2000amps is massive.
What needs to be done is to work out what your total amount of circuit breakers add up to and then to actually find the possible power consumption used at the same time, need to apply diversity Which is in the regs book.
Usually would recommend an electrician to do this.
If it is more than your current supplier fuse rating which is usually 100amps for standard home then you can contact your DNO (electric supplier) and then discuss with them.
Answered24 June 2017
1
M R CARTER BUILDERS Ltd
Rating: 5 out of 5
No is the short answer to that !
Answered2 January 2022
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