Can anyone recommend: Electrician
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2020 1:16pm
Help required
Needed an electrician who can look at an oven .hardly used and 2years old .keeps tripping the electric when put on .
Advice needed please
Have you checked your overall power allowance on your electricity contract / bill?
Your electricity is normally contracted for a certain amount of maximum power consumption. If you're with Iberdrola, the lowest option is 3.3kW, although 5.75kW is more usual. Your bill will show a 'potencia contratada' which is your capacity.
Most ovens average around 2.5kW, but some will be higher, so this doesn't give you much leeway if you have also have a fridge, freezer, tv, pool pump, fans / aircon, etc. on at the same time.
If this is the reason, you may need to upgrade your contract.
Hope this helps!
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2020 6:26pm
RichT wrote on Thu Jul 30, 2020 4:00pm:
Have you checked your overall power allowance on your electricity contract / bill?
Your electricity is normally contracted for a certain amount of maximum power consumption. If you're with Iberdrola, the lowest option is 3.3kW, although 5.75kW is more usual. Your bill will show a 'potencia contratada' which is your capacity....
Read more...
...
Most ovens average around 2.5kW, but some will be higher, so this doesn't give you much leeway if you have also have a fridge, freezer, tv, pool pump, fans / aircon, etc. on at the same time.
If this is the reason, you may need to upgrade your contract.
Hope this helps!
Thank you
How do we up grade ? Is it easy to do ?
If your bill shows a capacity lower than 5.75kW, then I would suggest that this is the issue.
You should then contact Iberdrola and then they will probably arrange for an electrician / engineer to come out and check that your connection & the local network has the capacity, then they just make a change in the meter. If they have similar properties in the same area with higher capacities then they might not even need to check your's.
You will pay a slightly higher 'Potencia facturada' which is the equivalent of the UK 'Standing Charge' for having a higher capacity.
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2020 7:26pm
RichT wrote on Thu Jul 30, 2020 7:13pm:
If your bill shows a capacity lower than 5.75kW, then I would suggest that this is the issue.
You should then contact Iberdrola and then they will probably arrange for an electrician / engineer to come out and check that your connection & the local network has the capacity, then they just make a change in the meter. If they have similar properties in the same area with ...
Read more...
...higher capacities then they might not even need to check your's.
You will pay a slightly higher 'Potencia facturada' which is the equivalent of the UK 'Standing Charge' for having a higher capacity.
Thank you for your help 👍
Properties near Los Belones
Latest Recommended tradesmen topics
Our sponsors
Find more Recommended tradesmen topics from a particular area:
Or view all Recommended tradesmen topics in all of Costa Cálida.