On 06/15/2015 09:38 AM, Billie Walsh wrote:
On 06/15/2015 06:30 AM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
100 amps... my whole house is 10 amps max, old contract. A typical modern house is about 20A here.
Theres a MAJOR disconnect here someplace. Ten amps wouldn't run more than a couple light bulbs.
The 100 amp refers to the main breaker which in turn refers to the transformer that is feeding your house. One hundred amp service is a bare minimum for a home. For a modern home you really need 200 amp service.
We have one room in our house, our home office, that has the normal lines that were put in when it was built plus three more twenty amp lines that I have put in. There's an extra twenty amp line into the living room to run all the home entertainment electronics. We have 200 amp service.
I agree that 20 Amps is insufficient for a house, but remember that the OP is apparently in Spain, with 220 Volt service, so he may need only 100 Amp service, or possibly he might have 50 Amp service, which would be equivalent to 100 A in the USA. I bit shy of what is needed in this day and age, but there are lots of houses in the US where there is only 100 Amp service. --doug -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org