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Re: [OT] Gas inspections

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From "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.misc
Subject Re: [OT] Gas inspections
Date Thu, 29 Oct 2026 21:48:10 +0100
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On 2026-10-29 03:51, Robert Riches wrote:
> On 2026-10-29, c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> wrote:
>>
>>     I don't. Almost impossible to overload a 200a feed.
>>     A/C plus both water heaters plus standard stove
>>     plus top burners plus the microwave ....
> 
> The "200A" figure in the US is much more theoretical than
> practical, at least with Portland General Electric as the
> utility.  Over 30 years ago when I had a house built, PGE
> installed a new 25KVA on-ground transformer just for our new
> house because the new house was on the last-to-be-developed lot
> in the area and was on a long driveway, too far from other houses
> to connect to their transformers.  Even if power factor was
> unity, 25KVA into 240V is only 104A.
> 
> I mentioned to the PGE supervisor that I could approach or maybe
> exceed 25KVA without excessive effort: A/C, electric cooking
> stove with 4 burners plus oven (preparing Thanksgiving,
> Christmas, or other big family feast), electric clothes dryer, a
> couple of 1650W hair dryers, and (a few years later) nine 500W
> halogen exterior lights, plus misc. indoor lights and appliances
> He said PGE routinely puts _SIX_ houses, each with at least 200A
> service, on a single 25KVA transformer.  That helped me
> understand why PGE's transformers every once in a while would
> explode, and now why there are odd-shaped black patches that look
> like scorch marks on the exterior of the pole-mounted transformer
> that supplies my current house and one other house.

LOL.

> 
> By the way, the big exterior lights were controlled by X10
> switches.  I had an X10 controller on my nightstand.  With the
> press of one button, I could light up the entire area around the
> house brightly enough to mow the lawn.  I did that once (at about
> 8pm on a September evening with stars visible in the black sky)
> just to be able to say I had.
> 


-- 
Cheers, Carlos.
ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;

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                Re: [OT] Gas inspections c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-10-26 09:05 -0400
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                Re: [OT] Gas inspections The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-10-27 14:37 +0000
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                Re: [OT] Gas inspections "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-10-28 13:05 +0100
                Re: [OT] Gas inspections c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-10-28 10:07 -0400
                Re: [OT] Gas inspections "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-10-28 18:06 +0100
                Re: [OT] Gas inspections The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-10-28 17:57 +0000
                Re: [OT] Gas inspections c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-10-28 22:21 -0400
                Re: [OT] Gas inspections Robert Riches <spamtrap42@jacob21819.net> - 2026-10-29 02:51 +0000
                Re: [OT] Gas inspections "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-10-29 21:48 +0100
                Re: [OT] Gas inspections c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-10-30 00:38 -0400
                Re: [OT] Gas inspections The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-10-30 11:04 +0000
                Re: [OT] Gas inspections "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-10-29 21:45 +0100
                Re: [OT] Gas inspections The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-10-29 23:41 +0000
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                Re: [OT] Gas inspections c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-10-27 10:11 -0400
                Re: [OT] Gas inspections Lars Poulsen <lars@beagle-ears.com> - 2026-10-28 06:32 -0700
                Re: [OT] Gas inspections c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-10-28 10:32 -0400
                Re: [OT] Gas inspections "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-10-28 18:10 +0100
                Re: [OT] Gas inspections c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-10-28 22:32 -0400
                Re: [OT] Gas inspections "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-10-29 21:49 +0100
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                Re: Personal agents on Linux: what should stay under the user's control? Lars Poulsen <lars@beagle-ears.com> - 2026-10-24 11:52 -0700
                Re: Personal agents on Linux: what should stay under the user's control? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-10-24 10:35 +0100
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