__ What are my residential "Power" needs? __

[Blain]

I'm trying to get some information on residential fuel cell systems.
Can someone tell me how to figure what my power requirements might be... kW?
* I would be switching my whole house over to electric.
* It's a single family home with nothing outrageous in the way of power consumption.
* My plans are to upgrade my electrical service to 200 amp.
* I live in Indiana, a state that requires electrical utility companies to buy excess power, generated by individuals.

Thanks

 

[Blain]

Anyone?

 

[Blain]

Morning inquiry.

 

[iamwiz82]

1.21 gigawatts!

 

[Sophia]

This may help, though the end result is amp-hours per day: power info Use the load sizing worksheet in section 1.

I assume you're aware of Indiana's alternative energy tax incentives?

 

[HomeBrewerDude]

my uncle the house inspector swears you need 150 amp service. I think you can run 600 Watts for every 5 amps...so you need at the most 18,000 watts.

But you can probably get by with 100 amp or 125 amp service.

 

Collect your previous years worth of electrical bills,double it for a safety margin and go from there.

 

[Blain]

Thanks a bunch for the info. It looks like Indiana isn't a bad place to live after all

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