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The future of residential building electrical installations

Arran Cameron
This is a spin-off from the discussion What is the best way to wire ceiling lights.


What do you think is the future of residential building electrical installations in 20 to 30 years time? Will they in modern and modernised houses be significantly different from what they are today or will they most likely be barely changed from what they are today?


Will consumer demand be a driving force for change or will electricians only make changes from the status quo in order to comply with updated wiring regs?
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    Chris Pearson:

    It is, however, difficult to see how the power of kitchen hobs could be reduced significantly.




     

    We have recently installed a couple of induction hobs that only required a 13A socket (they came complete with a plug ended flex and state a demand of 2.9kw.


    I'd imagine they're using fairly smart technology to modulate the usage dependent on the setting of the controls.


    Time will tell whether we get calls that 'that hob you installed is carp'


    Daughter has an induction hob on a plug.


    By all means insulate an oven such that it can reach a high temperature with low power (but how does it maintain that temperature when a large "load" of food is put in it?) but if you are going to boil a kettle within a reasonable period, you just have to have a certain amount of power. 3 kW may be plenty.

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    MHRestorations:




    Chris Pearson:

    It is, however, difficult to see how the power of kitchen hobs could be reduced significantly.




     

    We have recently installed a couple of induction hobs that only required a 13A socket (they came complete with a plug ended flex and state a demand of 2.9kw.


    I'd imagine they're using fairly smart technology to modulate the usage dependent on the setting of the controls.


    Time will tell whether we get calls that 'that hob you installed is carp'


    Daughter has an induction hob on a plug.


    By all means insulate an oven such that it can reach a high temperature with low power (but how does it maintain that temperature when a large "load" of food is put in it?) but if you are going to boil a kettle within a reasonable period, you just have to have a certain amount of power. 3 kW may be plenty.

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