On 28/07/14 09:50, Nightjar "cpb"@ insert my surname here wrote:
On 28/07/2014 09:47, Andy Burns wrote:
Tim Watts wrote:

High current = larger cables that are more difficult to terminate
properly.

and much more expensive, so people are likely to scrimp and use
under-specced extensions ...



The logical extension of those arguments is to put 11kV straight into
the house :-)


Not really - then it becomes equally dangerous and impractical.

I would say we might as well have 400V as 230V and more or less halve
the conductor sizes. Much more than that is getting silly though.