Hi I am new to the site.
I am purchasing a house near Almeria. The property is in a rural area.
We have an electricity supply into the property that we are looking to purchase of 1,500 kW. Could someone advise if this is a high, medium or low electricity supply. There is no air con in property, so will just be basic items within the property to use the electricity supply.
If someone could advise I would be grateful.
Thanks 
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That is one and a half kilo watts. A one bar electric fire uses 1 kw
Most electric kettles use at least 2 kw so they would blow the fuse.
You have enough power in effect for lighting
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Many thanks for the reply.
I think we will have to contact the electricity supplier to change, and see what kw we can go up to. As I have read there is a maximum in rural areas but not sure if this is correct
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You may find that the supply cabes to the property are insufficient to have a more reasonable supply.
I suggest, as with respect you appear to have little knowledge of electricity, that you take advice from a someone who does before venturing further.
good luck
John
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Hi John,
Good advice. It is all new to me in Spain so looking into things before we purchase the property.
Once again many thanks
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I would suggest you ask the seller for sight of recent electric bill (assuming the supply is from a 'mains' supplier like Endesa. The bill would show the potencia - the incoming power supply in KW. As mentioned above 1.5KW is quite low.
A more average would likely be around 5 to 8 KW. The value of the potencia is used to calculate your electric bill so sometimes a low potencia on the bill helps keep the bill low. It is likely that the mains cable will be capable of any level of KW to a domestic consumer. It being very unlikely that the installed mains cables & meter would be restricted to 1.5 KW - that's about lighting cable size !
Hope this helps. But whatever you do check with the supplier/and electrician.
good luck. Mike
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