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thebestaquaman@lemmy.world 1 day agoThe transformer is dimensioned based on the max capacity of the houses in the neighbourhood, which are standardised.
100 houses with 200 A main fuse each? Supplied by a 20 000 A transformer (plus safety margin obviously).
If cryptoboy wants a non-standard main fuse size that requires an upgrade of the transformer, he has to pay for that.
Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 1 day ago
No, it isn’t. They use considerably smaller, cheaper transformers, based on the maximum expected load. A 500A transformer might serve ten 200A users.
Those ten users might never use more than 400A total, even though each of them might use 150A+ from time to time. It doesn’t make sense to install a 2000A transformer when it will never see more than 400A.