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<blockquote data-quote="phil d" data-source="post: 476699" data-attributes="member: 27126"><p>Converting to flats from an office will use more power, you don't mention how you are going to heat the flats, or what the cooking arrangements are and these are things that need to be taken into account. Obviously, if you had gas heating and the shower run off the boiler, and if you had gas cooking, then that would dramatically reduce the load on the incoming supply.At the moment,given that most offices are not particularly power hungry, i.e they won't be pulling a lot of load, it's conceivable that the incomer will be fused at either 80 or 100 amps per phase.</p><p></p><p>Given that you are looking at creating 6 flats, plus whatever power is being used on the other 2 floors (basement and ground) there is potential for the load to exceed the availability from the supply, and this is what they are looking at. By and large these days a lot of landlords of flats avoid using gas as it saves the cost of an annual safety check, plus some local authorities do not permit the use of gas in certain types of property, so assuming you chose not to use gas you can see where the problems arise. unfortunately for you there is no quick or cheap fix for this.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="phil d, post: 476699, member: 27126"] Converting to flats from an office will use more power, you don't mention how you are going to heat the flats, or what the cooking arrangements are and these are things that need to be taken into account. Obviously, if you had gas heating and the shower run off the boiler, and if you had gas cooking, then that would dramatically reduce the load on the incoming supply.At the moment,given that most offices are not particularly power hungry, i.e they won't be pulling a lot of load, it's conceivable that the incomer will be fused at either 80 or 100 amps per phase. Given that you are looking at creating 6 flats, plus whatever power is being used on the other 2 floors (basement and ground) there is potential for the load to exceed the availability from the supply, and this is what they are looking at. By and large these days a lot of landlords of flats avoid using gas as it saves the cost of an annual safety check, plus some local authorities do not permit the use of gas in certain types of property, so assuming you chose not to use gas you can see where the problems arise. unfortunately for you there is no quick or cheap fix for this. [/QUOTE]
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