Brycer79swoman

Heya guys! long time no see! well bryce and i just bought ourselves a great little condo BUT it's only 60 amp service....is this bad?! is there anything you can let us know about?!

Thanks in advance!

danielle

macklum

60 amps ,I'm surprised most electrical panels are at least 100 amps . Do you have natural gas for heat ,stove ,and hot water .If you do then I can see why it was built with only a 60 amp service . If not then i would get it checked to see if you are not over taxing the electrical system .

kcbhiw

60 Amp services were used long ago...before the days of electric dryers and central air conditioning. I've upgraded several before myself (for people I know), but there is a lot of work involved. The meter base must be changed as well as the load center. If the existing load center isn't within a 6 ft run of 2/0 cable, then a disconnect must be added as well. $$$$ Enough rambling. Just don't run the AC and the dryer at the same time.

Ten bucks says the house still has screw in fuses .

Brycer79swoman

Ten bucks says the house still has screw in fuses . [/B][/QUOTE]

pay up baby! *winks* it's circurt breakers! cool cool so it's bling bling to redo..i think for now in our lives we can live with it and psstttt....we live in edmonton alberta CANADA...no need for A/C and on those rare days when you can fry an egg on the sidewalk we just head out to water! thanks again guys!