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Re: Building a modern home in the woods

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Post by Fiahil »

antisthenes wrote: post #68
MezzoDelCammin wrote: post #50

"The bigger issue was that the energy demands for the house, which included hot water heating for the pool and hot tub, outstripped the electrical supply we could get on a rural residential build: 400A" Am I the only one who almost spit out his coffee when reading this paragraph? I mean, building a remote home in the middle of a forest is a cool idea, sure. But then end up feeding the whole thing with 400A worth of e…

The amount of cognitive dissonance required to say "we want to limit impact" on one hand, and to run a 400Amp electrical connection to heat your hot tub and pool in Canada, is staggering.

"low impact" for North Americans, maybe... No wonder that we're at the begining of a climat change disaster.

Re: Building a modern home in the woods

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Post by asjldkfin »

Splendor wrote: post #96
asjldkfin wrote: post #77

Earlier quoted context omitted.

OP isn't complaining about societal issues; OP is trying to drag a couple just because they have demonstrated some modicum of success and happen to be "white". They literally mentioned nothing about societal issues, except the implicit racism in their assumption that whiteness somehow inherently detracts from people's accomplishments.

> They literally mentioned nothing about societal issues I guess you missed the phrase "extensive societal advantages" in OP's comment.

And that assumption is based off what?

Re: Building a modern home in the woods

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Post by ReleaseCandidat »

desdiv wrote: post #90
ReleaseCandidat wrote: post #62

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Am I the only one who almost spit out his coffee when reading this paragraph? No, I thought that was a typo and should be 40A (so 120V * 40 A or 400V * 12A).

It's not a typo because 400A is indeed the highest tier residential service BC Hydro currently offers[0]. 400A is also in the right ballpark for the amount of equipment he describes. [0] https://app.bchydro.com/accounts-billing/electrical-connecti...

Oh, I believe that. The number is, well, unbelievable high, so I dismissed it as wrong without further thinking.

Re: Building a modern home in the woods

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Post by StillBored »

intrepidhero wrote: post #56
MezzoDelCammin wrote: post #50

"The bigger issue was that the energy demands for the house, which included hot water heating for the pool and hot tub, outstripped the electrical supply we could get on a rural residential build: 400A" Am I the only one who almost spit out his coffee when reading this paragraph? I mean, building a remote home in the middle of a forest is a cool idea, sure. But then end up feeding the whole thing with 400A worth of e…

I'm from the US and I was shocked they needed 400A plus propane. We draw more current then you guys because our voltage is lower but still, 200A services are pretty standard for large rural homes.

And 100A isn't unusual, particularly for anything built more than 20 years ago.

Re: Building a modern home in the woods

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Post by vehemenz »

fartcannon wrote: post #7

Leaving out the actual financial information makes this post a little useless. Before I can imagine it, I want to know if I can do this or if I need to be a trust fund baby.

According to the author, the couple acquired the money within 5 years. So yes, this is a wealthy person building with very few constraints.

I mean it's still somewhat interesting vicariously. Kind of like the New York Times' house-hunting section, wherein they pretend that an $800,000 walk-up is an entry-level home.

Re: Building a modern home in the woods

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Post by perceptronas »

xyzzyz wrote: post #79
b4st1en wrote: post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I had the same reaction (European too). If it's in Canada the supply voltage is 120V, so roughly half what we have in Europe, apples-to-apples it's comparable to 200A in Europe. Still, it's a very high amount of power (48kW) that would not even be subscriptable in France for a consumer (the max is 36kW).

Supply is 240V in North America. You probably have multiple 240V circuits at your home, typically for electric range, oven, and clothes dryer at least. It is split into two for regular outlets and lighting.

Very interesting. Here in EU houses usually have three phases @ ~380V, where each phase is ~220V.
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