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Before opening a gelato business: check your PLN power and plan a generator
Electricity and installation costs are often underestimated. Work them out at the start, before the machines arrive.
The La Gelato method needs no pasteuriser, no blast chiller and no three-phase power. Our setup runs on about 3.2 kW, compared with about 18 kW for a professional hot-process setup (depending on the setups compared).
Four steps before you start
- Add up the power of every appliance: gelato machine, storage freezer, display, mixer, lights. Check the wattage label on each one.
- Check the installed power on your PLN meter. If it is not enough, apply to PLN for more power before the appliances arrive.
- Plan a generator for power cuts: a freezer full of gelato stock must not be off for hours.
- Put all these costs in your starting plan, together with the machines and ingredients.
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