> My yearly consumption is about 1800 kWh. That's very admirable, Paolo . According to the cheap volt/amp/watthour meter I have on my nixie-clock tower, I use about 150kWh per year just for my clocks, and many of them are off most of the time with the rest using PIR sensors.
On Monday, March 24, 2025 at 6:38:32 PM UTC+7 Paolo Cravero wrote: > On Sun, Mar 23, 2025 at 12:34 AM gregebert <[email protected]> wrote: > > While we are at it, I'd like to share an Italian peculiarity of the > electric power service for residential users. > > Long-story short, I designed and built my own 10kW 3-phase inverter and >> got the drives running. Then I got married, moved, and the equipment had to >> go. But I still have memorable items from them. > > > Our standard service comes with a 3.0 kW cap with 10% tolerance: you can > drain continously 3.3 kW total from all your AC outlets. You can peak at 4 > kW for a brief amount of time, then the breaker (in the basement) opens and > you're left looking for a candle or a torch. > > Consider that historically Italians have not relied on electricity for > heating or cooking, but rather used gas (pipe to home or cylinder or tank) > for cooking, heating, warm water. Heating uses/used diesel (not anymore) or > wood too, depending on the areas. So for many decades 3 kW was enough to > hold a washing machine, electric water heater, lights and TV. With the > increasing adoption of other electric appliances, or more efficient but > more peak power hungry, 3.3 kW is beginning to be too tight. You can pay > for the upgrade up to 6 kW, but that pays off if you drop gas entirely. My > yearly consumption is about 1800 kWh. > > So now you understand notices in rented Italian B&B/flats/homes about > paying attention to the amount of devices in use. > > Paolo > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/e97bdeb9-7a77-4f63-9e29-d03d9d3fdde9n%40googlegroups.com.
