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The limit is space, really. Well, that and money. If you're willing to pay, you can probably convince your utility to hook you up to three phase power, which is
by calamari4065 3y ago
The limit is space, really. Well, that and money. If you're willing to pay, you can probably convince your utility to hook you up to three phase power, which is typically reserved for industrial use.
If you want to stay with your normal residential circuit, in the US they're commonly 100 or 150A. 200A isn't uncommon, but you might have to pay for an upgrade.
That leaves you with 200A*240V=480kW minus whatever you need for normal house things.
So probably more compute than you have physical space for.
- adastra22 3y agoAlso in the US at least residential power is way more than commercial power, so at some point (much earlier than you’d think) you stop saving money on rack space rent.
- quickthrowman 3y ago> That leaves you with 200A*240V=480kW You’re off by an order of magnitude: 200 * 240 = 48000 > If you're willing to pay, you can probably convince your utility to hook you up to three phase power, which is typically reserved for industrial use. Three-phase power isn’t only for industrial use, (in the United States) small commercial buildings will have a 208v three-phase service drop and larger commercial buildings will have a 480v service drop, or 13.8kV medium voltage drop if it’s big enough. Large enough industrial customers will have dedicated substations.
- mciancia 3y ago200A*240V is 48kW ;) Also, in Europe 3 phase power afair is fairly common.
- calamari4065 3y agoMath is hard, that's why I became an engineer!