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800M 32mm SWA - could this cause increased electricity bills due to voltage loss

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Hi all,


Our electricity usage is very high (6,000 KWH annually) but we dont have any electricity heating or anything that should be chewing up that much electricity.


I'm looking for reasons why the usage is so high.


Our meter is actually sited on a neighbouring property and then a 35mm2 2 core SWA cable runs approx 800 meters to an Ashley Eddison transformer that regulates the voltage and amperage.


Could the length of the cable, the associated voltage drop and then the transformer usage contribute significantly to the electricity usage..?


Thanks and my apologies for any inaccuracies and ignorance!

Rolf
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    This is more in the form of a general enquiry to all - how hard would it be to fit a step up/step down transformer on either end for a pretty small load?


    How would that affect the metering at the origin - if the load went straight into a step up transformer - 800m down the 35mm 2 core - into a step down transformer and LV fuse that end to protect the transormer that end - and into the consumers DB? 


    Are small step up/step down transformers readily available? (I guess I could google this, but am more interested in the replies)


    How much bureaucracy would be involved? Would you need to register the cable run on some sort of national data base, (because its HV) and get council permission perhaps - but I assume this would mostly be on private land? If it was private land - could you just bury this cable anywhere? (Obviously it would be wise to get some reasonable depth, sand, cable tape, concrete top lid etc etc - but would you have to?
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    This is more in the form of a general enquiry to all - how hard would it be to fit a step up/step down transformer on either end for a pretty small load?


    How would that affect the metering at the origin - if the load went straight into a step up transformer - 800m down the 35mm 2 core - into a step down transformer and LV fuse that end to protect the transormer that end - and into the consumers DB? 


    Are small step up/step down transformers readily available? (I guess I could google this, but am more interested in the replies)


    How much bureaucracy would be involved? Would you need to register the cable run on some sort of national data base, (because its HV) and get council permission perhaps - but I assume this would mostly be on private land? If it was private land - could you just bury this cable anywhere? (Obviously it would be wise to get some reasonable depth, sand, cable tape, concrete top lid etc etc - but would you have to?
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