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<blockquote data-quote="Andy™" data-source="post: 549048" data-attributes="member: 2012"><p>adding numbers and dividing by a magical number isn't really any use</p><p></p><p>lets say an installation has a 30a for sockets and 5a for lights. total 35a, divide by your magical 40% and youre at 14a</p><p></p><p>another installation has 32a up sockets, 32a down sockets, 32a kit sockets, 32a cooker, 6a up lights, 6a down lights, 6a alarm, 6a heating. total 146a. magical 40% and your demand is 58a. </p><p></p><p>difference between them? nothing. same house, same loads, same use, just it got rewired and a new consumer put in, yet your calculations now say something completely different</p><p></p><p>in reality, for a house, unless there's multiple showers, EV points etc then you don't really need to worry about max demand</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Andy™, post: 549048, member: 2012"] adding numbers and dividing by a magical number isn't really any use lets say an installation has a 30a for sockets and 5a for lights. total 35a, divide by your magical 40% and youre at 14a another installation has 32a up sockets, 32a down sockets, 32a kit sockets, 32a cooker, 6a up lights, 6a down lights, 6a alarm, 6a heating. total 146a. magical 40% and your demand is 58a. difference between them? nothing. same house, same loads, same use, just it got rewired and a new consumer put in, yet your calculations now say something completely different in reality, for a house, unless there's multiple showers, EV points etc then you don't really need to worry about max demand [/QUOTE]
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