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"maxinemovies" email on wrote in message
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When we ordered our manufactured home, we ordered 200 amp service be
built into it (cost extra, but many of you here recommended it so we
went with it.) We also ordered 200 amp service from Edison, so when
they finally get out there to install the electric, that's what
they'll be giving us.

But...

Our contractor says, nope, the house is 100 amp and so he put a 100
amp pedestal next to the house for Edison to hook up to. He says
maybe we ordered 200 amp service, but we didn't get it and we should
ask for our money back on that.

How do we tell if we have 100 or 200 amp service? My husband has
looked at the circuit breaker box on the back of the house and he says
there's one larger switch at the top that is labeled 100, then all the
smaller switches underneath it.

What happens if Edison puts 200 amp service on that 100 amp pedestal,
and what if we do have a 100 amp house?

Or what if we tell Edison to only put 100 amp service on, but the
house actually turns out to be 200 amp?

I'll be calling the dealership Monday for answers but I'm not hopeful.
They don't seem to know their ass from a hole in the ground over
there. I know what's on the spec sheet - 200 amp, but is that what
they really put in the house?

Any advice or information would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

Maxi

Calm down a tad, call the builder first and ask for some one to come out and
verify immediately.
Then deal with the issues as needed.

On the cover of the electrical panel is all the information a person needs.
You have two adults that says it 100 amps, I am guessing they read the panel
information. This probably means that you have an 100 amp breaker panel
installed.

Replacing the existing circuit breaker panel (100 to 200) at this stage is
ridiculous and not going to give you anything. Get the cash back if indeed
you paid extra for it. Normally if there is not a load to need such a panel
they are not installed.

Installing a 200 amp pedestal and feeding the house with 100 is done every
day. Some pedestals have room for more than one breaker so you could in
theory have a spare 100 amps available for that shop or garage your hubby
always wanted. The 200 amp pedestal costs some more to buy but everything
else after that would be the same. Check with your electrician and ask if
the 200 amp pedestal has room for more breakers. Then talk it over with the
hubby