Recent content by w33b8t1

Nevermind. This is way off topic now.

The story is longer than what I posted and I geuss not relevant to the discussion at hand. Was just saying I haven’t encountered some of the things that New Mexico has in place before when I’ve done this in other areas. I did have a building permit and did indicate I was doing it myself...

Yep, no ****. They are preparing an estimate for me as we speak.... I even read it in the policies... Lots of strange about this area. I got in trouble with the county this week for wiring my own shop without passing an electrical test and getting an electrical permit. Was quite a mess. I...

I will most likely have an electrician do the work as they have all the bits and pieces and tools to make a shorter outage in the winter than me scrambling to do a job that I don’t do every day. But I want to do a bit of looking to see what the options are first.

Yes, I believe the current panel is in violation, but I obviously just realized all of this. I also agree that I don’t think I need to upgrade my service but will do some numbers I suppose just to see. The power company however would like to upgrade the transformer, which I think is...

They have their meter readings. I am the only one on the transformer. So both my meters basically let them decide what I was using on average for each month. At least that’s what they tell me.

I’m going to sit down tomorrow for a moment and do one. I just got the call this afternoon about their plan. I hope I don’t need a larger service than 200a. $$$$

I think he was basing it on a reasonable wire size to purchase. So a 400amp meter socket and panel with a 250a breaker.

Well if anyone is reading I heard back from the electrical company. My 10kva transformer averages 15kva in the summer and 10kva in the winter. So they want to upgrade to a 25kva. I’m thinking to replace my existing meter panel with a new 200amp panel with a main breaker. Then feed the house...

Turning into a mess. Electric company rep is not competent. So hopefully my electrician can sort them out better than me. Shop budget seems to be increasing at a rapid pace right now.

So boring. :) FML. Haha, didn’t see this coming. Should have spent another 10 minutes looking, but as of now nothing would be different.

So I had an electrician come out. He said it won’t make the load calcs on a 200 amp service with multiple ac units and what not for me to work out a 100 amp feed to the detached garage. So now I am getting quoted for a 400amp service...... He said the city will only allow two services per...

To completely f*ck up my week.

Shop panel is on the inside. I can mount a box and swap to different cable on that side. Though I did think I was allowed to run it in conduit inside... guess not.

Which is fine. I don’t care. That’s what I did on my last house. I am really critical path with the meter/load center issue now which has me beaten. I have enough of the new cable to makes something work. But I am worried about the house feed. Need to find a load center suitable for what...