400A resedential service

Posted by Craig M on August 25, 2008, 2:50 pm

pie is round, cornbread is square :) sorry could not pass it up

>>>First, the 1/2" pipe would only have half the area of the 1" pipe.

>> Don't think so! area = pi r squared. The half inch pipe has a quarter
>> the
>> capacity of an incher.

> That's what I meant to say! :-)
>

Posted by PeterD on August 25, 2008, 6:20 pm

On Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:50:21 -0500, "Craig M"

>pie is round, cornbread is square :) sorry could not pass it up

Close: "Pie are round, cornbread is square" <bg>

>>>>First, the 1/2" pipe would only have half the area of the 1" pipe.
>>> Don't think so! area = pi r squared. The half inch pipe has a quarter
>>> the
>>> capacity of an incher.

>> That's what I meant to say! :-)
>>

Posted by RicodJour on August 25, 2008, 8:55 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?

If you don't need it, no - in fact it's a waste of money, time and
materials. There are houses that need 400A service, just very, very
few of them.

If you want to reduce your electric bill, take the advice you've been
given to analyze your electricity consumption and take it from there.

R

Posted by JR Weiss on August 25, 2008, 11:02 am

> Not the answers I thought I would get.
> Is there any reason why 400A is better than 200A, or not?

To cut cost? No.

The ONLY reason is if you use so much electricity that you use more than 200A.

Posted by Matt Whiting on August 25, 2008, 5:27 pm

Bill wrote:

> 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?

If your house requires more than 200A but less than or equal to 400A,
then a 400A service is much better than 200A service! :-)

Matt

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