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What determines how many amps you have? Jrludi 04-09-2008
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Posted by Jrludi on April 9, 2008, 11:47 am
I own a VERY old house and the wiring is a combination of fuse boxes
and small breaker panels and some individual breakers, sort of added
as they were needed. I am considering a replacing all this and
rewiring. My question is: is the power coming into the house standard?
Can I buy a 200 amp breaker panel and then have 200 amp service or is
this determined by the wires and meter running into the house?

Posted by Jack on April 9, 2008, 11:59 am
Jrludi wrote:
> I own a VERY old house and the wiring is a combination of fuse boxes
> and small breaker panels and some individual breakers, sort of added
> as they were needed. I am considering a replacing all this and
> rewiring. My question is: is the power coming into the house standard?
> Can I buy a 200 amp breaker panel and then have 200 amp service or is
> this determined by the wires and meter running into the house?
Call your electric company and they'll tell you the existing capacity,
if you need larger feeder the electric company will install the larger
feeder from the street to your meter at no cost to you, past the
electric meter it is all your responsibility.

Posted by Bob F on April 9, 2008, 1:29 pm

> Jrludi wrote:
>> I own a VERY old house and the wiring is a combination of fuse boxes
>> and small breaker panels and some individual breakers, sort of added
>> as they were needed. I am considering a replacing all this and
>> rewiring. My question is: is the power coming into the house standard?
>> Can I buy a 200 amp breaker panel and then have 200 amp service or is
>> this determined by the wires and meter running into the house?
> Call your electric company and they'll tell you the existing capacity, if you
> need larger feeder the electric company will install the larger feeder from
> the street to your meter at no cost to you, past the electric meter it is all
> your responsibility.

Where I live, 150 amp is free, 200 amp cost $150 from the utility.



Posted by L D'Bonnie on April 9, 2008, 5:02 pm
Jack wrote:
> Jrludi wrote:
>> I own a VERY old house and the wiring is a combination of fuse boxes
>> and small breaker panels and some individual breakers, sort of added
>> as they were needed. I am considering a replacing all this and
>> rewiring. My question is: is the power coming into the house standard?
>> Can I buy a 200 amp breaker panel and then have 200 amp service or is
>> this determined by the wires and meter running into the house?
> Call your electric company and they'll tell you the existing capacity,
> if you need larger feeder the electric company will install the larger
> feeder from the street to your meter at no cost to you, past the
> electric meter it is all your responsibility.

Are you sure you didn't mean to say re$pon$ibility.

Posted by Doug Miller on April 9, 2008, 6:38 pm
wrote:
>Call your electric company and they'll tell you the existing capacity,
>if you need larger feeder the electric company will install the larger
>feeder from the street to your meter at no cost to you, past the
>electric meter it is all your responsibility.

If it's an underground installation, anyway.

For overhead installations, typically the power company handles everything up
to the rain head at the top of the service mast; everything from there onward,
including from the rain head to the meter, is the homeowner's responsibility.

--
Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)

It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.

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