[quote author="SSLtech"]Bob,
I'm currently sicker than '
sick Mick McSick' and I've been confined to bed for the last 4 days or so, or I'd be round to have a look at it with you...
[/quote]
Dear Keith: I'm sorry. I hope you come round when you come round!
What are the power (current) ratings on the major appliances (Hot water heater, A/C, dishwasher, drier, Perhaps even figure the auxiliary (emergency) heat separately if things get tight...
According to the town tech, I have to provide some kind of an NEC-style "survey" that either discusses "typical" consumption or else I have to read the nameplate consumption, I don't know which yet, I haven't investigated. I have six months to comply.
How can square footage influence the excess (or otherwise) of 100 Amps, I wonder?
Included in this "survey" is a line item that is a calculation, I understand of so many watts per square foot of living area, for lights, heat, etc. This is probably some concoction of the "make utilities rich" committee than real life. Some rule that says that you have to provide a service entrance for a house based on the typical consumption.
Let me get this straight... You've safely fused your incoming service down in max. draw rating, and they're claiming it's unsafe???
I have safely fused down the incoming service to accomodate a 100 amp transfer switch, and they are saying that the service itself (100 amp) is inadequate for the house as the house originally had a 200 amp service and there was a technical reason for it, or rather, an official reason for it. I say that 200 amps is overkill, I don't know what to say, I have to figure out what this "survey" is that they're asking me to provide.
It strikes me as b.s. I literally asked him if I turned everything on and I measured and if I proved it doesn't exceed 100 amps if that would meet their requirements, and he said, literally, "no." What counts according to Seminole County is what the NEC survey says "should be allowed" for a house of such and such size and such and such appliances. That's how I understand it at this moment.
This could mean tragically a tremendous amount of work lost on my part and the necessity to install an expensive new 200 amp switch and rewire it and more, since I moved the airconditioners already to a new sub panel controlled by the 100 amp switch.
BK