I’ll have to check with the utility on the drop capacity. Based on previous experience they seem to run a minimum size service entrance conductor which would probably support up to 200A.
I’ll consult an electrician when I get time to get one over to check things out, I am more curious to know if it can be done by possibly extending the existing wiring and not having to gut what it there. Not to mention the existing box doesn’t appear to be anywhere near current code. Should be a NEMA 3R box, this one certainly isn’t. -D Sent from my iPad > On Jul 14, 2021, at 9:13 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Is the cable from the pole to the meter and outdoor shutoff and thence the > new panel good for 200A? All that might need to be upgraded. I can’t > remember the size of that cable - 6/0? 8/0? > > A new panel relocated from the old panel location will need to connect to the > old cables in the house that are coming from the old panel. Those extensions > to the new panel have to be connected in boxes to the old wiring. The code > says how many can be connected in what size box. That’s likely to be the > painful point. > > I put in 2-200A panels and shut offs when I built my addition. In the old > part of the house the old panel was not up to code so I had to replace it and > run new cable from one new 200A shutoff to the new replacement 200A panel. I > also put in a new 200A panel in the addition coming off a second 200A > shutoff. Both shut offs are outside next to a new 300A meter that fed the new > 200A panels through the 200A shutoffs. > > The power company ran a new buried cable in conduit from the pole to the > meter. I wired off the meter box to each new shutoff using a connector that > attaches to the lug on the output side of the meter, that had 2 wire > connectors, one for each shutoff. 2 hots and neutral and grounds. I forget > what the deal is with neutrals and grounds and where they separate. > > Hope that gives you some idea. > > --FT > Sent from iPhone > >> On Jul 14, 2021, at 7:49 PM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> Wondering if anyone here has experience with relocating an existing >> distribution panel in a house? >> >> In this case the existing panel, a 1970s 100A service panel, has been >> partially obstructed by “improvements” to the house that place it at or near >> floor level of an exterior deck. >> >> >> [cid:0852C906-A70E-43D0-A951-22936A1E8C78][cid:BA5F3A9B-D003-4A56-A2DF-E8D575390C6D] >> >> Ideally, I would want to raise it up to the proper height as well as >> possibly increase the size to a 200A service. I realize the service capacity >> would be a utility thing we would have to work out with them. From my >> experience with utilities, it shouldn’t involve any changes to speak of as I >> suspect the transformer and service drop is probably good for 200A. >> >> I guess my primary concern is if this can even be done. And how would they >> connect the existing cables to extend them? Split bolts? Crimps? Or is this >> even feasible without rewiring the whole house? >> >> TIA, >> >> -D >> _______________________________________ >> 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
