Power Points In Your Home?

[Flamethrower1972]

I was thinking do you all use different power connectors in your home, so you don't overload your braker box? What I mean is power is split going to your breaker box and at least here in the USA most places are rated at 100 amps or higher. I do this for safety reasons. What about you all?

 

[don256us]

The home I live in now has 2 x 150 Amp boxes. I ran two circuts to my "farm" 20 Amp each. I think that's about 2,200 watts. My farm machines don't seem to use as much power as some of my older gear.

I have two rack mount surge suppressors, one for each circut. I try to do the math to load balance when I install/remove equipment to keep either one from being over loaded. These days, I earn more points with fewer equipment and my electric needs are less.

 

[Flamethrower1972]

The home I live in now has 2 x 150 Amp boxes. I ran two circuts to my "farm" 20 Amp each. I think that's about 2,200 watts. My farm machines don't seem to use as much power as some of my older gear.

I have two rack mount surge suppressors, one for each circut. I try to do the math to load balance when I install/remove equipment to keep either one from being over loaded. These days, I earn more points with fewer equipment and my electric needs are less.

Now the 2 rack suppressors rated at your home many joules, are they? Also, if you look at the box you can see the tech that installed the wires very clean good pro. Also, in the past I have watt clamps as well as voltage clamps and done lots of tests.

 

[infinitevalence]

Yes/No

I centrally located all my equipment into a 44U rack. Currently its on a dedicated 20A and I dont run all devices at the same time, but my plan is to run 2x 30A 240v with emergency shutoff that way i am load balancing both legs to the utilities transformer.

The hold up is that the previous owners of the house burnt up the bottom 1/5th of the bus bar on the panel and I have not wanted to spend the money on replacing it and hiring an electrician.

I can do all the electrical work in my house up to the Panel, but Panel work needs to be done by a licensed electrician and he has to inspect my work and sign off on it.

 

[Flamethrower1972]

Yes/No

I centrally located all my equipment into a 44U rack. Currently its on a dedicated 20A and I dont run all devices at the same time, but my plan is to run 2x 30A 240v with emergency shutoff that way i am load balancing both legs to the utilities transformer.

The hold up is that the previous owners of the house burnt up the bottom 1/5th of the bus bar on the panel and I have not wanted to spend the money on replacing it and hiring an electrician.

I can do all the electrical work in my house up to the Panel, but Panel work needs to be done by a licensed electrician and he has to inspect my work and sign off on it.

You can do it yourself. I am pretty Shure the parts are replaceable.

 

[infinitevalence]

You can do it yourself. I am pretty Shure the parts are replaceable.

I could, but I have to pull the meter from its box and that requires an electrician or the power company. No way in hell im swapping the panel hot!

 

[Flamethrower1972]

I could, but I have to pull the meter from its box and that requires an electrician or the power company. No way in hell im swapping the panel hot!

Good point I am IBEW LOCAL 497 out of Hammond Indiana and I could do it for you.

 

[infinitevalence]

Good point I am IBEW LOCAL 497 out of Hammond Indiana and I could do it for you.

I do sales

I do have a good relationship with my Electrician who loves doing work at my properties because I run all the wire, do all the boxes/sockets/switches label everything, and then all he has to do is pull it into the breaker box, land it on a breaker and sign off. Generally gets his 1st hour fee for 30min of work and a cup of fresh coffee each visit.

He is also like 75 years old, and offered to do the swap hot so I could save a few $$, my response was hell no, i dont care how long anyone has been working the industry were not pulling a box off the wall with hot main's its just too risky.

Also, i need to pull a new neutral because from the poll to the house is 1/2 the size of my legs in ALU not copper which for 1970's construction was well within code, its not up to our usage with modern stuff and all the gear I run. But that involves trenching and pulling under the street so... yeah going to do it, and the panel swap but probably at the same time in the future.

 

[don256us]

Good point I am IBEW LOCAL 497 out of Hammond Indiana and I could do it for you.

You're not far from me. I'm in the south west corner of Michigan. We drive past Hammond on the regular going to Chicago.

 

[infinitevalence]

Sadly not the most recent pictures, but I want to rewire everything anyway as its gotten out of hand again.

 

[Flamethrower1972]

You're not far from me. I'm in the south west corner of Michigan. We drive past Hammond on the regular going to Chicago.

Very cool.

 

[dfonda]

Good point I am IBEW LOCAL 497 out of Hammond Indiana and I could do it for you.

Are you saying you are an Electrician ?

Post magically merged: Jul 21, 2024

I was thinking do you all use different power connectors in your home, so you don't overload your braker box? What I mean is power is split going to your breaker box and at least here in the USA most places are rated at 100 amps or higher. I do this for safety reasons. What about you all?

Because they are referred to as receptacles not power connectors. You will overload a circuit not a breaker box.

 

[Flamethrower1972]

Are you saying you are an Electrician ?

Post magically merged: Jul 21, 2024

Because they are referred to as receptacles not power connectors. You will overload a circuit not a breaker box.

I was an AC DC coil maker as well as traction motors hydro units' alternators generators anything over 1000 HP.

 

[KeeperOfTheButch]

The home I live in now has 2 x 150 Amp boxes. I ran two circuts to my "farm" 20 Amp each. I think that's about 2,200 watts. My farm machines don't seem to use as much power as some of my older gear.

I have two rack mount surge suppressors, one for each circut. I try to do the math to load balance when I install/remove equipment to keep either one from being over loaded. These days, I earn more points with fewer equipment and my electric needs are less.

you have 300 amp service into the house?

 

[don256us]

you have 300 amp service into the house?

Yeah. That math checks out. I have one that holds the circuits for the main floor (ranch house) and one for the basement. The Basement one is mostly empty. As I complete more work in the basement, more circuits are added.

 

[infinitevalence]

Yeah. That math checks out. I have one that holds the circuits for the main floor (ranch house) and one for the basement. The Basement one is mostly empty. As I complete more work in the basement, more circuits are added.

do you pay for 2x connection fees or just a single connection fee but with 2 150a breakers?

 

[don256us]

do you pay for 2x connection fees or just a single connection fee but with 2 150a breakers?

I only have one meter if that's what you mean. I don't think I pay for anything twice.

Note: The house was built in 1973. The Nuclear plant in the same town had only just been completed a few years earlier.

 

[infinitevalence]

I only have one meter if that's what you mean. I don't think I pay for anything twice.

Note: The house was built in 1973. The Nuclear plant in the same town had only just been completed a few years earlier.

Yeah 1 meter is effectively what I was asking. I need more power at my house but all our lines are buried and on the other side of the road so... yeah

 

[don256us]

Yeah 1 meter is effectively what I was asking. I need more power at my house but all our lines are buried and on the other side of the road so... yeah

Our lines are buried too. From the back yard. There is only 1 set of wires coming up from the ground to the meter.

 

[infinitevalence]

Our lines are buried too. From the back yard. There is only 1 set of wires coming up from the ground to the meter.

our house is also 1970s so the neutral is undersized which is part of why we get dimming lights every time the AC kicks on, I hate it! I also need the electrician to re-balance the legs since were very high on just one.

Also, need to install EV chargers.... and rewire my garage so I have dedicated 240v 20a for my server racks.