Date   : Sun, 12 Mar 2006 15:15:38 +0000
From   : jgh@... (Jonathan Graham Harston)
Subject: Re: Them pesky case stickers (was 1MHZ SCSI/ATA board.)

Message-ID: <10603100855.ZM2747@...>
 
Pete Turnbull <pete@...> wrote:
> 12kW (not kWh :-)) is 12000W, at a power factor of around 85% is about
> 14000VA, at 240V that's over 58A.  Most houses only have a 60A fuse.
>  How did you manage that?
 
Most houses have a 100A fuse, with a distribution board (fuse
board) rated at 60A.  So, as long as he wasn't running the washing
machine at the same time, his fuseboard wouldn't have melted.
 
Mine Chew, I've never seen a fuseway with a fuse larger than 45A,
so he must have been popping them a quite a rate.
 
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