The house I am moving into in August has a 40amp panel (yes 40, I had
never seen one either) with 4 fuses, running my Skilsaw when the fridge
kicked in blew the fuse. Garage is on a 10amp fuse with a single light
bulb in it. The other 3 fuses are 15 amp, one for the kitchen, one for
the living room and one bedroom and then the last one for the 2 bedrooms
and 2 bathrooms. I was surprised you can still buy glass fuses. I
wonder what will happen when my daughter and my wife run their
blowdriers at the same time :) Hell, I wonder if I can even run a
computer...
Can you guess what my absolute very first project is going to be ?
going to run a 100amp subpanel to the garage and oh yeah, I forgot,
upgrade the house too. I really like this idea of 2 20amp circuits in
the kitchen, have to look into that and see if I can or maybe its
required. Since new code requires me to move the main to a area visible
from the street, I am going to have the main panel and garage sub-panel
run by a pro with permits, etc. But I was going to do the rest myself
over time (very short time, no pun intended).
2 different electricians I spoke to said a 200amp main would be good
enough, I had asked for a 300 since 100 is going to the garage. So not
sure what I will have yet but sometimes I am very surprised the house
has not burned down yet.
mike
David Scheidt wrote:
>
> Well, the kitchen is the highest density of electrical consumption in
> most houses. (most of the people on this list probably have shops
> that give kitchens a run for their money.) There are lots of ways to
> electrocute yourself, or set the house on fire.
>
> I used to live in a house that had a single 15 amp circuit for the
> kitchen. You had to unplug the fridge to use the microwave, because
> if the compressor came on, the breaker would blow. The toaster had
> to be in the dining room.
> That made two 20-amp circuits seem like a very good idea....
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