"RBM" rbm2(remove wrote in message
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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


Yeah, I thought of calling them tomorrow. I priced out panels and lordy,
it's cheaper to upgrade to a 200A service than it would be to buy a main
breaker and the 220V/40A breaker. I've never changed out a full panel
before and I take it kind of slow when doing electrical so not sure I can
pull off the upgrade myself without being in the dark for a night
Cheers,
cc