Here you can call the utility co. and they will come out and pull a fuse or switch at the transformer - killing power to everything including the meter. When you're finished, call them and they will turn it back on. How responsive they are to your calls might be another issue ---
On Thu, Jul 15, 2021 at 11:59 AM Randy Bennell via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I am not an electrician and I know nothing about the rules in Florida, > so take this with a grain of salt. > > I think you should be able to install a splitter box (which is basically > a metal box with terminals inside to connect wires ) where the old panel > is and then run new wires up to a new panel, or perhaps up to 2 new > panels. A friend has a set up like that in his house. He has 2 100 Amp > panels. The ability to have an actual 200 Amps likely depends on how big > the wire coming in is and the size of the meter box but often the issue > is not so much the need for 200 Amps as it is the need for space for > more breakers etc. Who uses all of their electrical stuff at one time? > > You are likely not allowed to do it but if you can remove the meter from > the socket, then there would be no power feed into the house and you > could install the splitter box and a new panel quite safely. Then just > push the meter back in. Around here the meters are glass or now plastic > covered bowl shaped things. There is a ring around the outside that > holds it onto the meter socket box. Remove the seal and the ring comes > off. Then you should be able to pull the meter out if you wiggle it a > bit as you pull. It just has male metal terminals that go into female > terminals on the inside of the meter socket box. To re-install you just > push it in tight to the socket frame and put the ring clamp back on. > Leave the broken seal on the ground under it so the utility company > thinks it fell off? > > You should get permits for this sort of thing and/or hire an > electrician, but lots of people do things like this themselves. Just be > careful and know what you are doing. > > A friend actually changed out his panel while it was live. He did not > want to pull the meter because he knew there was a broken part in the > meter socket and it would have to be replaced. He disconnected wires in > the panel and taped rubber spark plug boots over the ends in order to > get them out of the panel and into the new panel while they were live. I > thought he was crazy to risk it but he did it without killing himself. > > > > On 14/07/2021 6:48 PM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes wrote: > > Wondering if anyone here has experience with relocating an existing > distribution panel in a house? > > > > In this case the existing panel, a 1970s 100A service panel, has been > partially obstructed by “improvements” to the house that place it at or > near floor level of an exterior deck. > > > > > > > [cid:0852C906-A70E-43D0-A951-22936A1E8C78][cid:BA5F3A9B-D003-4A56-A2DF-E8D575390C6D] > > > > Ideally, I would want to raise it up to the proper height as well as > possibly increase the size to a 200A service. I realize the service > capacity would be a utility thing we would have to work out with them. From > my experience with utilities, it shouldn’t involve any changes to speak of > as I suspect the transformer and service drop is probably good for 200A. > > > > I guess my primary concern is if this can even be done. And how would > they connect the existing cables to extend them? Split bolts? Crimps? Or is > this even feasible without rewiring the whole house? > > > > TIA, > > > > -D > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > -- OK Don "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect." Mark Twain “Basic research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I am doing.” Wernher Von Braun 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
