On July 9, 2009 at 11:20, Gizmologist09 said...
You never heard of overkill an keeping up with the Joneses? In this area, people use inordinate amounts of power. The decorator used 150 watt downlights like artwork, The main hall in the house was just under 100ft long. Down both sides of the hall 150 watt downlights were installed every 5 ft on both sides, about 18 inches out from the wall.
Lutron even sent a tech specialist out to assist in the programming of the rather large and complex dimmer systems.
There was an indoor 15x15ft spa with electric heat , a large home theater, 3 industrial kitchens, about 50tons of AC, 2 large walk-in freezers and 2 large refrigerators, a 1/2 inside 1/2 oustide swimming pool with heat and a wavemaker(you swim under an exterior wall), a lighted tennis court, 7 bedrooms each with a jacuzzi, a large auto and maintenance vehicle service shop, grounds keeper's quarters and 3 maids apts.. All this plus the assorted living and entertaining rooms. There was also extensive landscape lighting with about a 100 moonlights for the trees.
While we were still building the house and before the owners moved in, the first electric bill was received- 3,000.00 and change.
Oh I know the type... my favorite customers!!
My point was the service size is based on a demand load calculation (or at least should be)
Even if the home is operating at 99% capacity, a 150kW generator would provide 625 amps of continuous output, obviously more than the electric service capability, and is generally is about the same physical size as the 100kW. Not a huge zoning problem I would imagine.
