The building has the so-called aluminum installation, whatever that means to me as a layman (the building is over half a century old).
During the general renovation, I completely replaced the electrical installation in the apartment, the electrician treated the new wires as "future-proof" and I am even prepared for a 3-phase installation if something were to change someday.
BUT everything is the same on the staircase. There are two electricity pipes running from my floor to the ground floor through all the apartments on this wall.
There is a cabinet on the ground floor with 12 fuses, most or all of them 25A.
However, there are fewer fuses than apartments in the building.
From this cabinet, the electricity goes to the second staircase where there is a main switch and a switchboard.
I moved the counter from the apartment to the staircase. There is a 16A fuse in a separate cabinet, it is a cap that has not been sealed yet.
My electricity supplier generally seals meters and "pre-meter protection".
However, the installation electrician claims that they will come, seal the relocated meter, and put an end to the traffic jam.
The electrician wants to change the 16A fuse to 20A or 25A.
My installation is single-phase, power limit is 5kW.
I call the electricity supplier`s customer service and they inform me that I can change the fuse to a maximum of 25A, because I supposedly can, since I have an "allotment" of 5kW in their system.
Questions:
1. What can mean that I have a 16A cap and may have a 25A cap? Is it because the cap is old and the power limits may have changed over the years?
2. The electrician advises that it is best to replace the cap after they come to seal the meter.
OK, the cap has no seals, but the question is - is there a risk that, for example, it will blow the caps on the entire staircase to other neighbors if I consume the contractual 5kW at a given moment?
3. I am concerned about the traffic jams in the switchboard on the ground floor - does it happen in old buildings, for example, that two apartments are connected to one traffic jam 25A? Or maybe this switchboard has all these traffic jams for all apartments together? It`s strange that there are 12 traffic jams and 20 apartments. And why do traffic jams there, if there is a locker next to each apartment and everyone there also has a traffic jam.
I am interested in doubts because I want to buy a plug & play 1-phase induction hob with a power of 3700 kW.
During the general renovation, I completely replaced the electrical installation in the apartment, the electrician treated the new wires as "future-proof" and I am even prepared for a 3-phase installation if something were to change someday.
BUT everything is the same on the staircase. There are two electricity pipes running from my floor to the ground floor through all the apartments on this wall.
There is a cabinet on the ground floor with 12 fuses, most or all of them 25A.
However, there are fewer fuses than apartments in the building.
From this cabinet, the electricity goes to the second staircase where there is a main switch and a switchboard.
I moved the counter from the apartment to the staircase. There is a 16A fuse in a separate cabinet, it is a cap that has not been sealed yet.
My electricity supplier generally seals meters and "pre-meter protection".
However, the installation electrician claims that they will come, seal the relocated meter, and put an end to the traffic jam.
The electrician wants to change the 16A fuse to 20A or 25A.
My installation is single-phase, power limit is 5kW.
I call the electricity supplier`s customer service and they inform me that I can change the fuse to a maximum of 25A, because I supposedly can, since I have an "allotment" of 5kW in their system.
Questions:
1. What can mean that I have a 16A cap and may have a 25A cap? Is it because the cap is old and the power limits may have changed over the years?
2. The electrician advises that it is best to replace the cap after they come to seal the meter.
OK, the cap has no seals, but the question is - is there a risk that, for example, it will blow the caps on the entire staircase to other neighbors if I consume the contractual 5kW at a given moment?
3. I am concerned about the traffic jams in the switchboard on the ground floor - does it happen in old buildings, for example, that two apartments are connected to one traffic jam 25A? Or maybe this switchboard has all these traffic jams for all apartments together? It`s strange that there are 12 traffic jams and 20 apartments. And why do traffic jams there, if there is a locker next to each apartment and everyone there also has a traffic jam.
I am interested in doubts because I want to buy a plug & play 1-phase induction hob with a power of 3700 kW.
Enter the type of this security. It seems to me that these are fuse links and the 16A could have ended up there accidentally "because there was one at hand", but these are just guesses.
induction rather 3700W or 3.7kW 
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