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    New supply

    I'll go and take one tomorrow prodave I believe it's 35mm cable and yes I get by at the minute as like you say I might ask the family not to use the shower while I use the welder. But with more customers the demand is going up. And the sparky who would be doing it says he won't put more outlets...
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    New supply

    Lurch the talk of splitting the phases confused me. It sounded like there were different types of three phase supply. Again three phase is something I have no experience of.  At at the end of the road I look up and there is a telegraph post which supports three electricity lines. On the side of...
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    New supply

    Prodave you are bang on I could beef up my line and improve things. I currently have the line restricted to 80A after the meter but before the 300m run. We've gotten by for 30 years with the voltage drop.... Occasional flickering lights! When I talk to my electrician mate and we discuss...
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    New supply

    Ok I'm afraid I'm getting a bit left behind with the three phase talk, sorry! I've never had any working experience with it. In laymans terms what are the options I could consider with three phase? Bearing in mind what I need is 100A-200A worth of single phase outlets around the yard and a...
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    New supply

    Am I right in thinking a split phase supply is where you split three phase into three single phase circuits? A sparky I know thought it would be good for me to have three phase if poss as he could split the phases to send them in three directions around the yard in single phase and where I have...
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    New supply

    Ok that's very interesting. I'd been told tthree phase power lines could be spotted because they have 4 wires, 3 positive and 1 negative. But you are confident that Its likely a three phase? that would be very useful to have three phase on site if it were possible.
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    New supply

    Hi all I am wanting to put in a new supply. It would be commercial. For my boatyard business. I have a domestic supply at the moment to my home on the same site. This comes from a HV line 300m away at the end of my track. It comes from a transformer on the side of the HV post. The...
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