You're a star, thank you. You basically backed up what my new architect said. All the household stuff is standard but most Thais don't have ovens, electric hot water systems and 5 split unit ACs so they are getting the electric co to supply us with 3 phase simply because we may need high amperage AND the standard supply is extremely dirty and it will save getting stuff zapped as does happen regularly here from poor mains.
The cost was surprisingly only slightly more as she said we'd run 3 phase into a special consumer unit then tap and split 415v to provide single phase final circuits.
In the long run it should actually save us money due to the lack of blown appliances!
A sparky in the UK also said it's quite common in bigger houses in the UK too but it means there will be no future Nathan DIY!
Electrical standards here are dreadful so I'm still a bit worried about it however but not as much as the installation engineer I guess!
It'll be reet!
Thanks again. The pup is gorgeous, you'd love it here sat outside the 7/11s playing with the appreciative street dogs :-)
(Nuther long one... oops!)
My pleasure, any time.
I should reconsider being so honest sometimes, a few more puppy pics and ima be labeled soft!
Of course, "bigger houses," same here. If the home has multiple ac units or maybe a big fancy pool, machine shop out back, etc etc they will require 3-phase.
1 milliamp can kill you dude (.0001 = dead, goodbye family). Your toilet light is probably 0.5-1 amps for relativity—.0001. A/C is no joke, let the pros do that stuff. DC is the one you'll just wish you're dead, blows off limbs and stuff but a/c does not forgive. <-- Repeat.
That was my job for 22 years—make sure everyone went home the way they showed up.
Clean energy, tapping, fresh, all key words. Imagine water, with me? Say you want to push 100 gallons through two hoses. It'll work, of course it will, no problem. But eventually those two hoses will weaken, water gets dirty, pressure lowers, etc. They need repaired. Now if you have the same gallons and a third route... see what I mean? Smoother, cleaner, longevity. 👍🏿
Sounds like you have 3-phase options readily accessible. That's convenient. Here, it's uncommon so the homeowner would have to purchase a single phase to 3-phase transformer, that's where the bill gets painful. I wouldn't even know the price dude, probably 5-10k.
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