getting electrical service upgraded today

[HomeBrewerDude]

going from 60 amp to 200 amp service. now i will be able to redo the wiring in the basement and add some new circuits

 

[amdskip]

:beer:

 

[RU482]

ah, a manly upgrade, yes

enjoy!!

 

[Mr N8]

LAN party at Yamaha's house!

 

[HomeBrewerDude]

Originally posted by: MogulMonster
LAN party at Yamaha's house!

bring, i have the homebrew on tap.... 10 cases enough?

 

[ITJunkie]

Good for you...I need to do the same thing at my place but the fundage is low at this point....lucky you Yamaha :beer:

 

[NeoPTLD]

I'd rather have 60A and:

Gas powered:
furnace
water heater
dryer
stove/oven

 

[Mr N8]

Originally posted by: yamahaXS

Originally posted by: MogulMonster
LAN party at Yamaha's house!

bring, i have the homebrew on tap.... 10 cases enough?

I didn't realize you live so close, either. I figured you were a Texan for some reason.

Home brews are great. What have you made? Of course, one of my best friends works for Sprecher brewery, so the good brews are never inshort supply.

 

[SarcasticDwarf]

hey Yamaha, wanna take a drive up to Kimberly (next to Appleton) to run CatV up from the basement in my parent's house?

 

[zimu]

... wait till you see yoru electric bill

 

[HomeBrewerDude]

Originally posted by: NeoPTLD
I'd rather have 60A and:

Gas powered:
furnace
water heater
dryer
stove/oven

We have a gas furnace, h2o heater, and stove. 60 amps is marginal. 125 would be plenty but it wasn't much more to go to 200 amp.

 

[NeoPTLD]

Gas dryer dries faster and it would spare about 40A of usage.

 

[HomeBrewerDude]

Originally posted by: DeathByAnts
hey Yamaha, wanna take a drive up to Kimberly (next to Appleton) to run CatV up from the basement in my parent's house?

good luck with that. :beer

 

[HomeBrewerDude]

Originally posted by: NeoPTLD
Gas dryer dries faster and it would spare about 40A of usage.

there is a good chance wi will convert o a gas dryer when we buy new appliances, but then that 220 circuit will get out to the garage and work shop. so i will still want those 40 amps, albeit divided up.

 

[NeoPTLD]

Originally posted by: yamahaXS

Originally posted by: NeoPTLD
Gas dryer dries faster and it would spare about 40A of usage.

there is a good chance wi will convert o a gas dryer when we buy new appliances, but then that 220 circuit will get out to the garage and work shop. so i will still want those 40 amps, albeit divided up.

For workshop, three phase power is God.

All, but a few sweet commercial shop machines requires a three phase power.

 

[Analog]

hook the welder up boys!

 

[IGBT]

I need to do that too...now you can have cntrl.air/heat and all that other good stuff..

 

[Savarak]

Tesla Coil, here he comes!

 

[rectifire]

Good choice. Always better to go with a bigger size service than you actually need.........since the cost difference is so minimal at this point.

More power to you! (OK, OK.......bad pun)

 

[Carbo]

Yamaha, I've been toying with the idea of upgrading the service in my crib, from 100 to 200. What's the electric man charging you?
And is there any truth that an increase in service will increase the monthly bill?

 

[T2T III]

And is there any truth that an increase in service will increase the monthly bill?

I doubt if that's true or not. You are essentially just charged for the amount of power that you consume. I'm not aware of an electrical company charging a minimum charge based on the amperage of your electrical system.

 

[HomeBrewerDude]

Originally posted by: Carbo
Yamaha, I've been toying with the idea of upgrading the service in my crib, from 100 to 200. What's the electric man charging you?
And is there any truth that an increase in service will increase the monthly bill?

I got a couple of bids... one company came in at 1000 and another around 1900. I went with the cheaper company.

I doubt there will be any increase in my bill. Consumption is the same now as before.

 

[rh71]

What are the benefits to upgrading ? "Upgraded to 220amps" was an upside when we bought this house from the previous owners, but honestly I think the old setting would've been fine. We're paying $65/mo. right now.

 

[Eli]

Damn...

Didn't even realize 60 amps was considered enough at one time, lol.