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November 12, 2007
60 AMP sufficient?
On a similar note to my previous post: a couple of electricians have told me that the 60 AMP load for my one family house is sufficient. I don't have central AC, nor do I use my window unit more than 5 nights a year. I may have a tenant in the basement who would use one. Other than that, there are two adults, one 19 year old and two little children in the one family. What do people think of this assessment -- impossible? OK?
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Its not impossible but 100 amp changes everything. Basically you can run as many separate 15 or 20 amp cicuits as you wish and as long as the amperage of each is not exceeded and the total draw for the buiklding does not exceed 60 amps you'll be fine. The total load is highly unlikely to exceed 60 amps but if you only have a few circuits in the building they are going to start to kick when amperage is exceeeded.
Its quite likely that becasue 60 amp is old that the circuit box is too and the number of circuits is too low.
And, 60 amp is not very attractive for when you want to sell the property
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at November 12, 2007 9:55 AM
It's in your best interest to go for the 100 amp load. Especially as you may have a tenant down the road. The best reason, I think, as Dave points out, is resale.
Posted by: guest at November 12, 2007 5:43 PM
Would 60 amps be sufficient for a 1.5 br apt? I'm looking at a property that will need to be upgraded from 20amps and wondering if 60-80 will be sufficient. And how much more would it be to go to 100.
Many thanks!
Posted by: guest at November 13, 2007 11:55 AM
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