How Many Amp Service Do You Have

Kamper · 09-23-2016, 04:38 PM

Here's a few things I've noticed... I am NOT an expert)

An old house in Nashua, with fuses, that needed to be brought up to code per the lender had the slots for the major switch left vacant and a small box installed under the meter. I suppose a redundant cut-off could have been put in if desired but I wasn't part of that conversation.

There is a tool that looks a lot like a limb cutter whose function is to cut a live-wire at the pole. I have seen these used at fires, perhaps because the meter was inaccessible or an exterior switch was not apparent.

And now a question... (not a job I would try myself)

I have 100amp service. Changing to 200 amps would make some things easier for me, like installing central air, without having to drop anything like the hot-tub. Do I need to get a second meter for that? I have heard it both ways. Any recent

Hot-Tub and A/C are wife's ideas. "If mama aint happy, aint nobody happy!"

09-23-2016, 04:38 PM	#35
Kamper Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Thornton's Ferry Posts: 1,314 Thanks: 67 Thanked 172 Times in 128 Posts	Here's a few things I've noticed... I am NOT an expert) An old house in Nashua, with fuses, that needed to be brought up to code per the lender had the slots for the major switch left vacant and a small box installed under the meter. I suppose a redundant cut-off could have been put in if desired but I wasn't part of that conversation. There is a tool that looks a lot like a limb cutter whose function is to cut a live-wire at the pole. I have seen these used at fires, perhaps because the meter was inaccessible or an exterior switch was not apparent. And now a question... (not a job I would try myself) I have 100amp service. Changing to 200 amps would make some things easier for me, like installing central air, without having to drop anything like the hot-tub. Do I need to get a second meter for that? I have heard it both ways. Any recent Hot-Tub and A/C are wife's ideas. "If mama aint happy, aint nobody happy!"