Dan, I'm not Bob, but I can probably help with this.
First of all, a little information: A breaker is designed to protect the wire connected to it. Wire is rated for a certain current depending on its size. E.G. 12-2 or Romex, which is 12 gauge is rated for twenty amps. So you protect a circuit run with 12-2 with a twenty-amp breaker. If you'd like to run a 100-amp circuit, you'd buy the proper size wire (2-ought, I think, but don't quote me on that) and protect it with a 100-amp breaker. Remember that your electrical service is probably only 150-amp, so, unless you're planning on moving most of your electrical circuits to this new distribution center (breaker box), you probably don't need that big a cable or breaker. And, yes, Bob most probably meant starting your new circuit at your existing breaker box. It's really the only place you could start from. Darrin Porter Senior Technical Engineer United Ocean Services, L.L.C. 601 South Harbour Island Boulevard, Suite 230 Tampa, Florida 33602 (813) 209-4247 (office) (813) 744-0011 (cellular phone) (813) 242-4849 (fax) [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> ________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dan Rossi Sent: Friday, September 18, 2009 11:31 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] insulation and wiring. Bob, You talked about pulling a 100 amp line to the attic with a secondary breaker box there. OK, I know nothing about home wiring, so, even if I got an electrician to do this, where do I pull the 100 amp line from? >From my main breaker box? Is it normally the breaker that is rated for 15 or 20 amps, or is it the wire? Would I need a special breaker in the primary box to handle the 100 amp line, or would any breaker in that box handle that kind of current? Or, are you talking about pulling a completely separate line, not going through my primary breaker box? Thanks. -- Blue skies ye scurvy dog. International Talk Like a Pirate Day 09/19/2009 www.TalkLikeAPirate.com Dan Rossi Carnegie Mellon University. E-Mail: [email protected]<mailto:dr25%40andrew.cmu.edu> Tel: (412) 268-9081 ________________________________ Attention: This email and any accompanying attachments constitute confidential and/or legally privileged information. If you have received this email communication in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete the message and any attachments from your system. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
