Diversity - how close to call it?!

[Rockingit]

Went and had a look at a brand new brewery just establishing itself, a virgin install in a new-built industrial block.

They're fed as a metered sub-mains off a larger board elsewhere and been installed with a 100/3 board. Clearly, I'm about to find out more about the upstream characteristics, feeds etc and the 'house' electrical contractor.

Their big ticket items are the brewing tubs themselves..... 2 x 24kw (3x8) and 1 x 18 (3x6) kw heating elements. Get's us roughly 66kW on a 70kW board before anything else.

Long term, yes we need to drag a 200/3 ish into them from somewhere (not an easy or cheap task).

Short term, to get them up and going and brewing and making money asap (and me becoming a best friend with an endless supply of complementary product.... ?), how close do the wise on here think it's worth risking to diversity?

 

[Wilko]

AFAIK there is no diversity for industrial heating elements.

 

[telectrix]

bearing in mind that these loads will be thermostatically controlled, I'd go for it. it's a bit of guesstimation as to whether you can apply some diversity, but priorities. priorities, making beer is far more important than running a fuse or 3 a bit over it's rating.

 

[Strima]

If only short term I'd say go for it, just don't fire up the tubs at the same time...?

 

[Rockingit]

It get's better....... finally got some sense out of the client in terms of operational stuff, turns out the two 24kW heaters will only be on 2-3 hours a week. The 18kW about 12hrs a day, though.

 

[hasel5]

Bit Tight but go for it

 

[pc1966]

For the short term they should be able to manage a bit of demand-control themselves just by the work plan for which units are in the heating-from-cold phase at any time.

But long term more power = more beer. And that is how it should be!