Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Carlos E. R." Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: [OT] Gas inspections Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2026 11:01:39 +0100 Lines: 57 Message-ID: References: <11aqpbm$2ga9d$1@dont-email.me> <11ar5vb$2kl9o$10@dont-email.me> <11asro4$33n8m$16@dont-email.me> <11atfac$3cv5p$2@dont-email.me> <11ati7b$3bqcl$15@dont-email.me> <11bgcrd$236dd$2@dont-email.me> <11bi76b$2ma92$1@dont-email.me> <6sluqmxf66.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <11bia8e$2n3i7$1@dont-email.me> <87dvqmxkbc.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <2du4rmx92t.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <11bq99n$1i0j1$1@dont-email.me> <4159rmxbh1.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net WfCAGOIXJEBSuIg71msNaA6/zxExljXMAy5XnGSifwZnsxLA07 Cancel-Lock: sha1:8T6z2ZZbcStlpfQOL415oS8HWtM= sha256:C/ng6+aJnpzYHmf7y0qHCGw4do6mKoXGi4/RvDR6WBM= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: en-GB In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:94825 On 2026-10-30 05:38, c186282 wrote: > On 10/28/26 22:51, Robert Riches wrote: >> On 2026-10-29, c186282 wrote: >> 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. > >   SIX houses on a single 25 transformer ??? That's >   practically criminal ! I'm sure all the USA is wired like that, several houses on a single pole transformer, thus actually limiting the simultaneous current each can draw, worst case. VA Value varies. Same thing happens here, but the transformer is much bigger, it is in a little building or underground vault, and serves a house block or several. Oil cooled. Sometimes, the transformer gets on fire. > >> 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. > >   X10 can indeed be useful. Have an out-building with >   some floods and such on it ... the old switch wiring >   out of my house went bad. Had my electrical guys put >   in an X10 setup - one on my porch, the other end on >   the out-building. WORKS ! Much cheaper than a total >   underground re-wire too. The electrician kinda freaked >   that I thought so far 'out of the box' - his usual >   reality was 'dig, destroy, re-do all'. > >   I think there are functional alts to X10 also now. >   Found a remote relay on McMaster/Carr that uses >   RF connections for switching, but not X-10. MAY >   need that in the next year or so. Bookmarked. > I just had the Google AI explain to me what X10 is. Learned something :-) -- Cheers, Carlos E.R. ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺.