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It depends. "Standard House" in America/USA is no longer an equal thing from city to city. House's have been getting larger and larger, (except nowadays few larger homes are being built at all, as of this writing, May 2011). Most new houses have a main electrical circuit breaker panel rated for 200A-amp service. Older houses, many years old, have as little as 50A amp service panels and some even smaller, but very seldom less than 50A. Best to go with the local city's permitting office's requirements, otherwise known as, the AHJ or Authority-Having-Jurisdiction. A home's square footage is the most important factor to use, but, only after the AHJ office's requirements. You may put in a larger sized main panel than the AHJ required minimum. Again, check with your local permitting office. They're very willing to help you. If not, remind them this: Without people asking for their help, they're jobs go in jeopardy too!

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Most new homes that are built today have a 200 amp 42 circuit panel installed. This equates at 240 volts to a capacity of 48,000 watts. A continuous house load is about 12,000 watts at mealtimes and laundry days. With electric heat in the winter time it will rise and when no one is a home it could get as low as 1000 watts.

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A gazillion bruv. Why on earth would you ask such a dumb, inappropriate question? A gazillion bruv. Why on earth would you ask such a dumb, inappropriate question?

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Averaging 1 kW over the 24 hours that is 24 units, and at 3.6 million Joules per unit that would be 86.4 million Joules

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In the UK a 60-amp supply can give nearly 15 kW.

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