I may be wrong, but there were a number of what I would call “unprofessional” updates on the AZ house and they didn’t make any noise about it.
The distribution panel was on the back (exterior) wall of the house, a little bitty 100A panel full of “split” breakers, that is, two breakers in one section if that makes sense. A lot of stuff had been rewired and moved around since the house was built in 1975, so to say the panel was outdated was an understatement. To make things worse, when a deck and later an addition was added to the back of the house, the floor of the deck was right where the distribution panel was. So that meant that the distribution panel, which had a lid that hinged up, was right at the floor level of the deck. To see and get into it you literally had to lay on the deck and look straight ahead into the panel to see the breakers. The electrician I hired brought the panel around the side of the house, which was within a foot or two of the old panel which was right at the corner of the house. They had to change the location of the weatherhead, so the old one was removed and the roof patched where it had penetrated the roof. The new meter box and distribution panel are standard NEMA 3R panels and are easy to access. The only real bummer is that they just relabeled the new breakers to match the old ones. I’ve got a circuit tracer I am planning on using to map the circuits when I have the time so they’re relabeled and accurate as to what they serve. -D > On Apr 4, 2023, at 2:05 PM, Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > I suspect that if somebody touches my panel they'll find a bunch of stuff > that needs replacing. The upstairs wiring is pretty legit but I think the > previous owner did a lot of the basement wiring himself. > > -Curt > > On Tuesday, April 4, 2023 at 01:55:09 PM EDT, dan penoff.com via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > > > The electricians that did mine did it in a day. Started about 8:30, were done > by 4:00. Part of the planning was coordinating the replacement of the meter > box with the utility. > > I have a 60A or 80A sub-panel in the garage. Does just fine, even with the > 18,000 BTU mini-split on it. > > -D > >> On Apr 4, 2023, at 1:48 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> Hmm, I was thinking about having my existing 100a service upgraded with a >> new panel but now I'm thinking this is a way better idea. A new 200a service >> and panel which feeds my existing 100a panel plus a sub panel in the garage. >> >> I'd been scared off the idea by people telling me it'd be very expensive to >> replace my existing panel but making my existing a sub panel of the new one >> would seem like it'd be a lot cheaper... >> >> -Curt >> >> >> On Tuesday, April 4, 2023 at 01:00:05 PM EDT, Jim Cathey via Mercedes >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >>> I have 220V and 30 Amps on #10-3 underground wire into my garage sub-panel. >> >> That's what I have out in the woodshed sub-panel. (For eventual gas-fired >> hot tub, >> if ever.) Currently it only runs one 8-bulb light circuit, and an outlet. >> >>> but I keep acquiring things ... that I didn't have back when I built the >>> garage >> >> That is ever the case. Even if YOU don't get an EV, somebody will. Yet >> another >> big ticket item. Time to bury that big wire, and did you make it big enough? >> >>> My panel in the house is only 100 Amp and is full. I already have 2 >>> sub-panels in the house. >> >> Perhaps make the existing main panel a sub-panel from a new feed? >> >> I need to rewire the beach cabin. It has an actual fuse box. I want to put >> in an >> electric clothes dryer, and maybe an RV outlet. Ideally I can find a >> take-out panel, >> or otherwise used. Fits right in to the cabin motif. >> >> >> -- Jim >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> 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 >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> 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 >> > > > _______________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________ 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
