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Risks of Charging batteries, Car, "Maxing out supplies"

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  • #52
    System
    Administrators Posts: 415 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭System


    This discussion was created from comments split from: Battery - to take advantage of 2am to 5am cheap rate electricity.


  • #53
    drury..
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,104 ✭✭✭drury..


    The risk varies depending on the installation and the quality of the work carried out

    The basic fact remains that it is not a standard electrical design practice to run installations at the rating of the main protective device

    An 80A maximum demand calls for a 20kva supply using esbn guidelines

    Sure a poster will say as they have done that an MIC is not set in stone as it cant be



  • #54
    drury..
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,104 ✭✭✭drury..


    My major points are that the new accepted wisdom here among many posters is to max out supplies to the rating of the main mcb and keep an eye on things with thermal cameras etc

    None of this is any sort of accepted practice in the real world of electrical installation work and safe electric design

    It's a handful of mostly non electricians advocating this and there's a greater risk for those readings these posts and undertaking poor installation work with existing poor installations

    Any of the few sparks posting on the electrical forum are in agreement



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