several weeks ago I asked about ungrading my entire service and was directed to get local pro quotes. Well I got two, one was about $750 and the other just under $900 - both are way out of price range. So I started thinking about where to find some extra electricity when I realized I'm making this way too hard. All of our big power drawing utilities are gas, which means that our house doesn't use anywhere near the 125Amps (@220V) that the house is set up for).
After scouring the house I discovered that by switching out all of my light bulbs for CFLs or LEDs there is still ample enough energy available for me to add a new 30 or 50 Amp subpanel myself. The only appliances with enough draw to worry about are the microwave and dishwasher. But, there would be no time when the dishwasher, microwave, and lights would be on at the same time.
Does anyone else power down other parts of thier house to ensure enough power for thier displays?
edited for spelling
Last edited on Wednesday April 16th, 2008 04:56 am by Philip
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