Aluminium cable wire for domestic electric load supply
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I have recently finished my house construction. In which preliminarily I applied my house for a electric load of 1 KW (commercial) Single Phase supply for the usage of various electrical tools during construction. The electricity board supplied this through single core 4 sq mm aluminum service cable wire connection from the main pole. After I permanently resided to my house I opted for a load increase to 5KW (domestic) supply. But during usage of various appliances in home I found very low voltage often which made running heavy appliances like AC, water geysers and microwave ovens difficult.
Then I filled a request for increase in service wire guage increase. The board supplied me now with 8 sq mm single core aluminium cable wire. After this for few months everything went good and I got good voltage (~220 - 230V). But recently I started getting low voltage again.
***Is this still because of the aluminium cable or is it normal to get low voltage around this time since its peak summer time now? Is 8 sq mm aluminum wire enough for home if run almost 5000 Watt load?***
Aluminium cable wire for domestic electric load supply
crwdns2934249:0crwdne2934249:0:
I have recently finished my house construction. In which preliminarily I applied my house for a electric load of 1 KW (commercial) Single Phase supply for the usage of various electrical tools during construction. The electricity board supplied this through single core 4 sq mm aluminum service cable wire connection from the main pole. After I permanently resided to my house I opted for a load increase to 5KW (domestic) supply. But during usage of various appliances in home I found very low voltage often which made running heavy appliances like AC, water geysers and microwave ovens difficult.
Then I filled a request for increase in service wire guage increase. The board supplied me now with 8 sq mm single core aluminium cable wire. After this for few months everything went good and I got good voltage (~220 - 230V). But recently I started getting low voltage again.
***Is this still because of the aluminium cable or is it normal to get low voltage around this time since its peak summer time now? Is 8 sq mm aluminum wire enough for home if run almost 5000 Watt load?***