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I may have answered my own question here to an extent. I’ve just got home and opened the white meter box outside and the fuse cartridge that’s security sealed says 60amp (see photo). This would seem pretty conclusive to me that the supply is only 60amp here, am I correct to think that this would...

Fair comment but would you ‘expect’ to be able to fit an electric shower in most houses for example (subject to checks)? I guess I was more getting at the supply coming in as anything else can be taken care of and is therefore possible. If the incoming supply is insufficient though then the...

Thanks again, Doc. I think my question was more general in the sense of would I be able to add 14Kw worth of appliances to a standard domestic installation. 14Kw seemed a lot to me so I just thought that I may get a, ‘you’re going to probably have trouble accommodating that’ or ‘that shouldn’t...

Thanks Murdoch. I had a feeling that the outside supply change would be very expensive, probably too expensive. Would you envisage that being necessary or is it impossible to tell? I’m not interested in cutting corners, at the end of the day I plan to sell my house on at a later date so I need...

Thank you, Doc. It does sound like I’ll have to get someone out before I can continue to plan, I just didn’t want to waste anyone’s time in the early stages but it sounds like I’ll have to pay for this advice as it’ll include testing so I suppose it won’t waste anyone’s time. Just so I can keep...

Thanks for commenting Murdoch. When you say budget £1k would this include if we need to have our supply upgraded or do you just mean for the associated works for connecting all this up and testing/checking? I was expecting it to cost mega bucks if we needed the supply to the house upgraded.   ...

Thanks for this NozSpark. Is there any way to tell what my supply is before calling someone? If it’s not anywhere in the cabinet or on the fuse, would the electric company have details or would someone need to test it? Assuming that the supply was 100a (and the CU states max of 100a) would you...

Hi Binky Thanks for the response. I think you’ve misunderstood, I meant I haven’t got the key to open the white box outside, I assume there’ll be marking on the main fuse stating the amps?

Hi everyone! I would be really grateful for some broad advice if anyone can spare the time.   I’m planning on building a sauna and steam room (2 separate rooms). I’ve been through the sizing and the sauna would use a 7.8kw heater and the steam generator would be 6kw.    Because it will be...