"And the basement fan?" Mark asked.
"Electrical demand isn't just about how much energy you use over a month," Sarah said, pulling up a new screen. "It’s about the rate at which you use it at any given moment. Think of it like a water pipe. We pay for a pipe that is 10 inches wide. If we try to force a 12-inch stream of water through it, the pipe bursts." electrical maximum demand
Engineers use diversity factors to size transformers and cables safely without overbuilding. "And the basement fan
She pointed to the jagged spike. "You turned on a 200 HP motor. That motor pulls nearly 500 kilowatts just to start. You added that on top of our already high load from the heatwave. We nearly hit our Maximum Demand limit." Think of it like a water pipe