As the temperature rises during the hot Spanish summer months the air con gets cranked up and power consumption increases. This can cause power cuts for property owners who have illegally upgraded their electricity supply. Why? Iberdrola are replacing all the traditional mechanical meters with Smart Meters. These new digital meters are fitted with a kill switch...
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IBERDROLA ARE writing to inform their customers that they are currently replacing electricity meters with smart meters. This is part of a ministerial order to replace the traditional electric meters with state of the art electricity measuring equipment. Properties on a low tariff, such as 3.3 kW or 3.45 kW or lower, may experience power cuts after the smart meter...
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NEW GENERATION Smart Meters are being fitted to every home in Spain. A Royal Decree has declared all consumers contracted with less than 15 kW must have one by the end of 2018. Traditional electricity meters will soon be a thing of past. A Smart Meter records power consumption and communicates that information to a monitoring station for management and billing...
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THE MOST frequent question we get asked is “how safe are the Spanish electrics in my home?” The short answer is for homes built since 2002, electrical safety is generally satisfactory. For homes built prior to 2002… unfortunately it’s “hit or miss.” Spanish electrical regulations received a major overhaul in 2002 with specific safety improvements made to...
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AN ELECTRICAL boletin (BIE) is an electrical installation certificate for low voltage, aka Certificado de Instalación Eléctrica de baja tension, most commonly referred to simply as a boletin. The boletin stipulates the maximum permissible power capacity and ensures the quality and condition of the installation. A boletin is an official document certifying the...
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