What's your base load?

Base load of your house

  • 0-50 W

    Votes: 4 3.8%

  • 50-100 W

    Votes: 9 8.6%

  • 100-150 W

    Votes: 5 4.8%

  • 150-250 W

    Votes: 22 21.0%

  • 250-500 W

    Votes: 31 29.5%

  • 500 W+

    Votes: 34 32.4%
  • Total voters
    105
denmendez65 said:
No idea. But one of the teens had left a fan plugged into the kitchen plug when we left the house for the 5 days.

It rained the same evening and tripped the earth leakage. The kitchen stayed without power till we came back. Things in the freezer compartment had defrosted but still quite cold.

I suspect the insulation is very good on the new fridges. It took almost 48 hours of continuous running for the fridge to switch off via thermostat after that though.
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A reasonably full freezer can last up to 48 hours unplugged if there is little opening and closing. A decent fridge can be up to 20 hours.
 
Lupus said:
A reasonably full freezer can last up to 48 hours unplugged if there is little opening and closing. A decent fridge can be up to 20 hours.
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It depends on how full it is as the mass acts like a battery.
 
marhsava said:
Is 1.5 - 2kw normal ? , I have a gas geyser so it can't be that
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How is this being measured?

It's definitely not normal to have that high of a load constantly in a regular residential house. It's definitely possible if you have lots of devices always on, possibly lots of downlights (the old halogen ones are really power hungry).
 
DrJohnZoidberg said:
How is this being measured?

It's definitely not normal to have that high of a load constantly in a regular residential house. It's definitely possible if you have lots of devices always on, possibly lots of downlights (the old halogen ones are really power hungry).
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Lights are not on during the day though. Also curious about how this is measured.
 
marhsava said:
Is 1.5 - 2kw normal ? , I have a gas geyser so it can't be that
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Switch off everything in the house and check. I use the prepaid meter to measure, I type i001 and it displays the current usage realtime.
Neighbours stealing? Earth leakage?a huge three phase refrigerator? There can be many reasons
 
Switched off the hot-tub for the winter yesterday. Since midnight:

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Car dragging the average up :D


An interesting observation though:
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When the powerwall charges at 9-10kw, it uses about 500w of power itself (which is accounted for against the house/load).
 
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Base load 400-600w (grey shade is when house was unoccupied for the long week-end)
Lots of opportunities to cull, but its going to be a bit of PT and just don't lus:
2 fridge=freezers, one from circa 1998 (!) and one uses up to 4kWh p/day depending on ambient temp
5 Alexa devices
Fibre Router + Deco Mesh with 4 access points
Some powered network switches
External perimeter night lights
Some TV's, DSTV Decoders (don't judge me), AV Amps, Printers in semi-perm standby mode. Need to sort with some smart plugs.
A few other vampire devices like chargers, clock radios, bla, bla

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sybawoods said:
2 fridge=freezers, one from circa 1998 (!) and one uses up to 4kWh p/day depending on ambient temp
5 Alexa devices
Fibre Router + Deco Mesh with 4 access points
Some powered network switches
External perimeter night lights
Some TV's, DSTV Decoders (don't judge me), AV Amps, Printers in semi-perm standby mode. Need to sort with some smart plugs.
A few other vampire devices like chargers, clock radios, bla, bla

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How thick is the ice buildup?
 
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