Increasing EDF power to your house

[Abbaye]

I believe we will need to increase the power supply to our property as we are setting up a workshop with some heavy duty machines in it.

At present we are on Tempo supply ... any idea what we need to do?  Is it just a case of ringing up EDF and telling them we need more power? I doubt it!

Thanks.

Mandy

[Lizzie15]

That is exactly what I did!! Some people's experience is that EDF send someone out to have a look but that didn't happen to me.I rang-they came,fiddled with my box,and voila!

 

 

[BJSLIV]

It all depends on how much of an increase and where you fit into the local network. If you are already on Tempo and are going to need a hefty supply you will probably be needing three phase which will be more than a simple phone call.

 

[Iceni]

It also depends where you live - our max input from EDF is 6 KW. 9 KW is normal nearer to the town - you may simply not be able to get what you want. Go to EDF and get them to check it on their system.

I think I would now add this to checking out any house/building you want to buy. I gather that this is not as uncommon as we first thought.

We also trip out less than friends with much higher supplies - the reason, we don't use a UK electric kettle.

Best of luck.

[Lori]

We renovated, adding a lot of extra power needs, called EDF, they came out and upgraded our power to the house in 10 minutes.  Was really simple, just a bit more expensive, monthly.

[French Novice]

Our experience was similar. When I used anything more than one light or god forbid tried to boil a kettle the whole house would plunge into darkness. I called EDF they arrived and changed one dial and left. It took them about 2 minutes and although we pay slightly more at least I can use it!