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Cake day: June 10th, 2023

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  • As mentioned elsewhere your house and the grid is not rated for this level of energy for long periods of time and ether the company cuts you off or your house burns down.

    A typical main breaker in the US is rated for 150 amps, general rule of thumb is breakers are safe for 80% of their rated load continuously. At 110v, that 150 amp panel is good for 13.2kw. Over a 30 day month that’s 9,500 kwh.

    Anyone using 7000kwh a month is likely on a 200 or 300 amp panel. By the same math above that’s 12,700kwh and 19,000kwh.

    7,000kwh is well within safe usage of a normal home under a uniform load, definitely so with a 2 or 300amp main breaker.

    Ffs an electric car with a home fast charger pulls nearly 12kw on a single outlet. That plus a fridge and AC running in the house would be too much for a standard 150amp service.