You may want to contact the utility company regarding an upgrade. If the
utility company "owns" the wires feeding your meter, they may elect to leave
them at whatever size they are and just allow you to increase the size from
the meter into your panel and upgrade the main breaker



"James "Cubby" Culbertson" wrote in message
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"RobertM" wrote in message
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I just upgraded from 100 amp to 200 amp panel. Total cost less than
$500 for permit, electrician, parts, inspection. Electric company was no
charge for up to 400 feet and I'm only 150 feet from transformer. So,
check with your electric company. Might not be as expensive as you think.
Electric company has incentive to provide a way for you to use more of
their product.

Bob


Wow! I can't imagine getting that for under a grand. My feed into the
house is underground and I'm not sure how much they'd charge to upgrade
that if necessary. I may pop off the panel cover today and see if I can
read the feeder size into the panel. Upgrading would sure make a lot of
sense but I just can't see spending a fortune on it right now.
Cheers,
cc