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Edwin Pawlowski Edwin Pawlowski is offline
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Default Upgrade from 200A to 3 or 400A service


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Thanks, I thought it was possible, but I just wanted to make sure.
I'd sleep better at night with having more power spread across a second
service panel.


While you are sleeping, if you have a typical house, it is probably drawing
15 or 20A in that 200A panel. Have you ever taken an actual measurement of
how much power you use? Just get a clamp on Amprobe and watch it during
heavy use. The only really big users in most homes is electric heat and
central AC