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Posted by ransley on August 24, 2008, 2:01 pm
> I upgraded my house from 100A to 200A 5 years ago. I buried 3" conduit fr=
om
> the pole to the house.
> I was told the 3" would support 400A.
> At the time I did not have the money to install 400A, so I just thought I
> could find a 400A panel later.
> I do not think they make a residential 400A panel, and from what I have s=
een
> it uses two 200A panels.
> I am still wanting to put 400A service to my house, to try to cut on my
> electric bill. ($565.00 last month).
> In the 3" conduit, do they use 6 wires for the 400A to a two 200A meter p=
an,
> or use larger wires to a 400A meter pan?
> I probably will get the call an electrician, but I feel as though I can d=
o
> the install, just wanted some info on how it is done.
> Thanks.
400a , what are you going to run, you wont save anything upsizing. You
need to do an energy audit and quit wasting electricity. Put your
money into saving electricity, Cfls, new apliances, more efficent AC,
etc etc etc. i can run large a house with AC for 35-150 a month.
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Posted by PeterD on August 24, 2008, 6:43 pm
wrote:
>I upgraded my house from 100A to 200A 5 years ago. I buried 3" conduit from
>the pole to the house.
>I was told the 3" would support 400A.
>At the time I did not have the money to install 400A, so I just thought I
>could find a 400A panel later.
>I do not think they make a residential 400A panel, and from what I have seen
>it uses two 200A panels.
>I am still wanting to put 400A service to my house, to try to cut on my
>electric bill. ($565.00 last month).
Why would a 400A service cut your bill?
>In the 3" conduit, do they use 6 wires for the 400A to a two 200A meter pan,
>or use larger wires to a 400A meter pan?
>I probably will get the call an electrician, but I feel as though I can do
>the install,
Your post says otherwise. Contact an compentent and respected
electrican and get some advise.
> just wanted some info on how it is done.
>Thanks.
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Posted by =?ISO-8859-15?Q?Tekkie=AE?= on August 24, 2008, 9:17 pm
Bill posted for all of us...
>
> I am still wanting to put 400A service to my house, to try to cut on my
> electric bill. ($565.00 last month).
>
Huh???? How do you explain this?
--
Tekkie - I approve this advertisement/statement/utterance.
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Posted by Bill on August 25, 2008, 5:59 am
That is why I asked here.
Not the answers I thought I would get.
Is there any reason why 400A is better than 200A, or not?
> Bill posted for all of us...
>> I am still wanting to put 400A service to my house, to try to cut on my
>> electric bill. ($565.00 last month).
> Huh???? How do you explain this?
> --
> Tekkie - I approve this advertisement/statement/utterance.
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Posted by hawgeye on August 25, 2008, 7:24 am
>> Bill posted for all of us...
>>> I am still wanting to put 400A service to my house, to try to cut on my
>>> electric bill. ($565.00 last month).
>> Huh???? How do you explain this?
>> --
>> Tekkie - I approve this advertisement/statement/utterance.
> That is why I asked here.
> Not the answers I thought I would get.
> Is there any reason why 400A is better than 200A, or not?
Not if you are looking to reduce your electric bill.
It doesn't matter if you have a 400A, a 200A, or a 100A panel. Your bill is
based on the power that you consume.
If you want to lower your bill you'll have to look at ways to reduce the
power you use.
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