How Many Amp Service Do You Have

wifi · 09-22-2016, 03:52 AM

60 amps and living the dream

ApS · 09-22-2016, 07:03 AM

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Originally Posted by wifi

60 amps and living the dream

Yup. Livin' the dream in the same spot since 1956.

A one-season cottage we use three seasons a year.

Dishwasher is OneofUs, Clothes dryer is solar.

A/C is two Window-Shakers (used just two days this year). Heat is by woodstove, firewood supplied by abutting wood lot—provided by electric chainsaw and "Armstrong" labor. Doesn't everybody plug a Lincoln welder into their kitchen outlet?

Dave Smith Electric of Wolfeboro converted us to a 100 amp panel last Fall. Rewired the water heater, range, and some "custom wiring" I'd done years ago.

We should do an upgrade every 60 years or so.

Town moved a lot of utility poles around (again).

A lot of ugly gray PVC pipe now stretches across one side of the house.

What am I going to do with two big jars of 20-amp fuses?

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fatlazyless · 09-22-2016, 10:16 AM

What am I going to do with two big jars of 20-amp fuses?

Re-packaged into small plastic bags, old Edison base fuses like this would probably sell fast at the local thrift store because today, purchased new, they cost about six dollars/three pak at Lowe's. Plus, you can ask for a tax deductible receipt if the thrift is a qualified charity....and not a business....ala....just like the donald.

wifi · 09-22-2016, 07:17 PM

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Originally Posted by ApS

What am I going to do with two big jars of 20-amp fuses?.

I can think of someone that uses them

KDL · 09-22-2016, 07:38 PM

Most homes will run out of physical space in the panel long before they run out of capacity. The average family would be hard pressed to use 80% of a 100 amp service.

Smallest single family service I've worked on was 30 amps, 120 volts. As far as I know it's still in use today.

trackeer · 09-22-2016, 08:27 PM

Interesting Blog,

We purchased a Camp/House in Pickerel cove built in 98, the owner decided 150amp service would serve, my electrician agrees as I was suspect to increasing it to 200amp, it's not as much about 100/200 amp service as it is about what you intend to run at any given time in your humble abode.
Service amps provide the power to run the multitude of things you may desire at any given moment, the start up of say a frig/dryer/AC Unit uses far more power than it sitting idle, 30amp service would be hard pressed to run a busy household, and cold is in, lot's of cold needs lots of power.

ursa minor · 09-22-2016, 09:37 PM

A lot of the decision in our putting a 200 A service in had to do with finding a 200 A GE panel loaded with breakers on the Home Depot clearance table for around $60 bucks if memory serves me...

. It was great having the space we needed to do everything right the first time. Bought three nice ceiling fans the same way long before they were needed, great to have now!

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fatlazyless Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 8,788 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 300 Thanked 1,022 Times in 744 Posts	What am I going to do with two big jars of 20-amp fuses? Re-packaged into small plastic bags, old Edison base fuses like this would probably sell fast at the local thrift store because today, purchased new, they cost about six dollars/three pak at Lowe's. Plus, you can ask for a tax deductible receipt if the thrift is a qualified charity....and not a business....ala....just like the donald. __________________ ... down and out, liv'n that Walmart side of the lake!

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ursa minor Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Tuftonborough & Franklin MA Posts: 265 Thanks: 99 Thanked 143 Times in 64 Posts	A lot of the decision in our putting a 200 A service in had to do with finding a 200 A GE panel loaded with breakers on the Home Depot clearance table for around $60 bucks if memory serves me.... It was great having the space we needed to do everything right the first time. Bought three nice ceiling fans the same way long before they were needed, great to have now! __________________ " Any day with a boat ride in it is a good day"

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wifi Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Lakes Region Posts: 1,321 Thanks: 282 Thanked 287 Times in 169 Posts	60 amps and living the dream

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KDL Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 118 Thanks: 0 Thanked 14 Times in 11 Posts	Most homes will run out of physical space in the panel long before they run out of capacity. The average family would be hard pressed to use 80% of a 100 amp service. Smallest single family service I've worked on was 30 amps, 120 volts. As far as I know it's still in use today.

09-22-2016, 08:27 PM	#6
trackeer Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Nashua/Laconia NH Posts: 40 Thanks: 1 Thanked 8 Times in 5 Posts	Interesting Blog, We purchased a Camp/House in Pickerel cove built in 98, the owner decided 150amp service would serve, my electrician agrees as I was suspect to increasing it to 200amp, it's not as much about 100/200 amp service as it is about what you intend to run at any given time in your humble abode. Service amps provide the power to run the multitude of things you may desire at any given moment, the start up of say a frig/dryer/AC Unit uses far more power than it sitting idle, 30amp service would be hard pressed to run a busy household, and cold is in, lot's of cold needs lots of power.