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December 30, 2017, 10:29:29 PM
Last edit: December 30, 2017, 10:59:15 PM by MarkAz |
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Just a heads up to save someone the pain of learning this the hard way - but just because a building has a transformered or breakered capacity, doesn't mean it's SERVICE level from the power company matches it. You'll need to contact the local power company and have them do an onsite service verification, then they'll be able to tell you exactly how much power is available. Typically it takes about a week, and it's always been free from any utility I've worked with - and perhaps the arkbar could proactively do this, as it would certainly be something anyone considering this location would need. Also make sure to stipulate it will be a constant load when ordering the analysis, otherwise they may assume it will be variable, as most loads are... Basically, unless the building had a high power user who occupied it within the last 12 months, in most cities the utility can re-alloc that power to someone else - and it's not a minor change to get it back, it might end up consuming every available at whatever switching station is closest to you. I ran into this a few years back when looking at a place that had 4MW, but after doing the service verification turned out to only have about 500kw - so definitely impacted the deal.
BTW; cool to see a property owner/manager actively looking for this - I will tell you that I think miners probably make one of the best/low impact tenants, apart from the power consumption side of things, or the noise from air handling.
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