Compulsory Electric ICP Installation
Discussion
You should have received a letter from your Electricity company by now informing you of the need to fit a ICP (Interruptor de control de potencia) switch or power control switch.
This is something that your Supplier can do or you can contract an officially contracted electrician to do it, these switches come in various loadings as all houses have different requirements.
Once the switch is fitted you have to get your supplier to then come and check the installation to confirm that it has been installed properly and sign you off.
This switch is fitted in your Fuse Box in your house,each house is contracted with the supplier to have a certain amount of power, the ICP will cut the power every time you go over that limit.
The Electric suppliers will charge you about €80 + to fit the switch.
As far as I understand it you will be able to turn your electric back on from the main switch when this happens but you will be fined for the useage and for not having an ICP switch.
The standard surcharge will be 20extra Kw
Check your contract for what you allocated power allowance is, it is in the top right hand corner of each of your bills
This is something that your Supplier can do or you can contract an officially contracted electrician to do it, these switches come in various loadings as all houses have different requirements.
Once the switch is fitted you have to get your supplier to then come and check the installation to confirm that it has been installed properly and sign you off.
This switch is fitted in your Fuse Box in your house,each house is contracted with the supplier to have a certain amount of power, the ICP will cut the power every time you go over that limit.
The Electric suppliers will charge you about €80 + to fit the switch.
As far as I understand it you will be able to turn your electric back on from the main switch when this happens but you will be fined for the useage and for not having an ICP switch.
The standard surcharge will be 20extra Kw
Check your contract for what you allocated power allowance is, it is in the top right hand corner of each of your bills
mickrick said:
I was told Endesa want 300 euro's to fit it! I've found a bloke who's licenced, and will do it for 60.n 
Are you sure it's fitted in the fuse box? I was under the impression it's fitted to the meter. As you can tell, I haven't had ours done yet.
I'm positive that it is fitted to the main fuse box in your house.Are you sure it's fitted in the fuse box? I was under the impression it's fitted to the meter. As you can tell, I haven't had ours done yet.
After you have had it done as long as it is by a qualified electrician and he can sign it off there is no problem, you then have to get Endesa to your house to inspect it and sign it off.
I've done three houses so far
mickrick said:
Yes you're right. I've had a fellow out to look this morning.
Turns out we already have one fitted. It's in a box just below our main fuse panel, behind the front door. (Our apartmenbt is only 7 years old)
The electrickery fellow said that most decent installations have had them fitted during the last 12 years anyway, so we just need Endesa to come and sign it off.
Our contract says we have 7.7 Kw, but I have another property which was two houses, that I did an "agrupation" on, and I'm in the process of finishing a renovation, so I'll have to get that done too, but I only have 3.3 Kw at that one!
Looks like I'll have to give them a
and see if they can give me around 10Kw. I have the electrician coming in two weeks to finish the installation, so I can have a word with him about it.
I was wrong about Endesa's fee too. It's 100 euro they want to install the ICP.
But thanks for the heads up!
No sweat, and they will change your 3.3 to 10 without much of a problem, the main thing to remember is that if your external (Endesa) meter is a long way from your actual house/flat then that is where you lose power between the two.Turns out we already have one fitted. It's in a box just below our main fuse panel, behind the front door. (Our apartmenbt is only 7 years old)
The electrickery fellow said that most decent installations have had them fitted during the last 12 years anyway, so we just need Endesa to come and sign it off.
Our contract says we have 7.7 Kw, but I have another property which was two houses, that I did an "agrupation" on, and I'm in the process of finishing a renovation, so I'll have to get that done too, but I only have 3.3 Kw at that one!
Looks like I'll have to give them a
and see if they can give me around 10Kw. I have the electrician coming in two weeks to finish the installation, so I can have a word with him about it.I was wrong about Endesa's fee too. It's 100 euro they want to install the ICP.
But thanks for the heads up!
3.3 k w is only enough power for an 80sq mtr flat so not much.
mickrick said:
No, 3.3 isn't much. It was two 60 something sq m houses, that I bought together, and the previous owner had probably taken one of the meters out, and used the two houses as one. There was a connecting door between the two houses.
But now its one house. (Three years of bashing about later) I've put hot water underfloor heating in, so will be running an air/heat pump, plus I have another 800m plot at the rear of the garden, where I'm planning on putting a 4 car garage. I'll put underfloor heating in the garage base also, so a bit of lighting/heating/garage equipment to go in there too.
I think 10kw should do it. I was considering putting 3 phase in, and had a brief convesation with industria, and I got the impression it wasn't a big deal for them. But I've shelved that idea. For now anyway.
I did mean to say when you are upping your power to change it over to trifasia as the running costs will be much cheaper in the long run.But now its one house. (Three years of bashing about later) I've put hot water underfloor heating in, so will be running an air/heat pump, plus I have another 800m plot at the rear of the garden, where I'm planning on putting a 4 car garage. I'll put underfloor heating in the garage base also, so a bit of lighting/heating/garage equipment to go in there too.
I think 10kw should do it. I was considering putting 3 phase in, and had a brief convesation with industria, and I got the impression it wasn't a big deal for them. But I've shelved that idea. For now anyway.
I have 15k and also have changed it over to trifasia and it works out much cheaper to run, I did the same thing in my last house
Sounds nice a underfloor heated garage, do you have some nice cars to go in it ?
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