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Tuesday, June 24, 2008
barryg
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just brought in spain murcia advice wanted is it best to buy electrical ie irons kettles microwaves in spain or the u k barryg
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24 Jun 2008 8:18 PM
irenemontague
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hi we sent a lot of furniture to spain but we bought all the electrical goods in spain but kettles seem to be expensive in spain bye irene
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24 Jun 2008 10:07 PM
Roberto
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Better to buy in Spain - you won't have to mess around changing plugs, plus everything is guaranteed for two years, but if you buy in the UK and it blows up in Spain..............
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25 Jun 2008 12:31 PM
alancambs
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Hi,
We have recently fitted our house in the Murcia area and brought all of the electrical goods from Carrefour in Murcia, in fact the iron was a lot cheaper than here in the UK.
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26 Jun 2008 9:16 AM
SpanishLinda
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Any appliances that I shipped over from the UK four years ago have gradually burnt out. Spanish electricity is prone to power surges and the local goods seem more able to cope with it so I would advise buying Spanish.
Linda
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26 Jun 2008 10:06 AM
Irene&Alan
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... or put a surge protector between the supply and the plug!
Irene
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26 Jun 2008 1:20 PM
foxbat
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Barry Hi,
You also need to be aware of the limitations imposed by your electricity supplier.
The standard base rate supply here is 25A.
The next tarrif is for 32Amps (Dearer)
and then 45Amps (Dearer still)
By comparison, I believe in the UK the standard is 60Amps.
The supply trips the main breaker if you exceed its rating and it doesnt take much to rack up 25A...
eg 2Kw kettle 9.5A,
Aircon anything up to 15A,
Water heater 8A,
Washing machines (which are cold fill only out here) are also power hungry when initially heating the water.
All of the above place inductive loads on the supply and the initial switch on current demand can be up to twice the running current.
This initial loading is only momentary but if you are already running close to the limit, it can be enough to cause a nuisance trip.
We learned about power management quite early on in the game! (Washing Machine + Aircon + I'll just put the Kettle on = Oh sh*t wheres the torch...!
Its very easy to forget, and can be damned annoying, especially if you are running a computer when the power trips off...
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This message was last edited by foxbat on 6/26/2008.
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