On Tue, 29 May 2012 17:05:35 -0500, "HeyBub"
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On Tue, 29 May 2012 07:47:41 -0400, "Stormin Mormon"
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Current overload maybe? Were you cooking, in addition to laundry
dryer, in addition to central AC? maybe the breaker did its job?

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"Vic Smith" wrote in message
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Last night I was in the basement on the PC, and watching TV.
Wife was asleep upstairs. Not sure if the central A/C was running,
but most the lights in the house were off.
I had a new service put in the year after I moved in, to get 240
so I could put in a new furnace and central air.
200 amp service, I was told.
The main breaker at the top of the box has a "pair" of breaker
switches that move as one. Each says "100" on it.

Then you have only a 100 amp 220 volt service. A 200 amp service has a
double pole 200 amp breaker.


Correct: "200 Amp Service" implies 200 amps on each leg of a 220v connection
(for a total permissible draw of 400 amps, but nobody calls it 400-amp
service).

200 amps on 220 volts.