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I'am setting up a new place. It has a 10 KVA transformer & 150 amp main breaker was wondering if I can run 16 1000 watt lights on a flip box so totaling 32 lights on off. With 5 tons ac for each room for a total of 10 tons of air. I will be running digital ballast on 240V
So how do I go about getting a new transformer up grade , should I tell them that I have a hobby shop in my garage with a welder, air compressors & a 2 ton ac to cool it down along with my house AC? Do you think IREA electric company will give me a up grade, I'am in colorado. I calculated I would be using 110 amps continuously do you think a 25 kVA can handle it?You'll blow that transformer, I think. Half the size you're talking about should be okay.
Spoke my mind there. A typical single family home uses about 4KW of power.Whoa yea 8kw of lights and the attendant support stuff - fans, pumps, etc., should pull like - at the low end if your room is air cooled - like 45 amps @ 240v.
This is a pretty significant draw on top of running central @ 120 degrees and the rest of a home. You might pull upwards of 70 or 80 amps at peak usuage if it is just you living there.
If you are not in a med state you might want to dial it back a bit.
The power company told me I was runnin 7800kw a month at my one spot...more than the entire town and its 600 residences combined....go figure....lol
Either all your neighbors live in the dark or they got their decimal place wrong, by a factor of 50. 16 households, sure. 600? That's "cop math", kinda like the math they use for "street value".
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