Granted, I think we can agree that R110 difference may not be enough reason to switch to single phase, there’s ways to recover that difference.
And I dont think this thread is about convincing anyone about why single phase is better than 3 phase, the installation is aleady 3 phase, “We are in...
Well according to their technical representatives and the tarrif schedule (link) it is the same charge rate for residential <= 80A
Other than the pool, the aircons, the geysers (though there's solar geyser installed), cant think of anything else ATM.
Well for 1. the electrician is pretty certain we need 3 phases, I guess to cater for all the potentially "power hungry" devices that might be, pool pumps and so forth.
2. From a billing perspective city power charges the same whether single or three phased.
3. In future if one acquires an EV or...
I guess we can tell the electrician to move essentials to one phase.
I may have not mentioned that this is a new build, so we don't have consumption stats or billing as yet, I am trying to plan ahead and prepare for future expansions
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I am looking for advise on how to approach my future power needs with a 3 phase powered house with 2 DBs, one down and up stairs.
My plan is to start with a power backup system (For load shedding reasons) and later expand it for Solar to either supplement or go totally off-grid.
So my...
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Voice and Data has been giving me the run arounds about the upgrades, they probably milking the situation. Pocketing the free bandwidth from vumatel and not passing it down to consumers.