On Sunday, January 21, 2018 at 10:16:12 AM UTC-5, micky wrote:
In alt.home.repair, on Sun, 21 Jan 2018 08:09:29 -0500, Ed Pawlowski
wrote:

On 1/20/2018 11:49 PM, micky wrote:

They were built in 1979-80. 3 floors including basement, 3 bedrooms.


The main breaker is not in the middle and doesn't have a lever going up
and down. It's in two of the side slots and when on, faces the wall.

My big mirror is in the car still, but I found a small one. Only 60
amps.

I'll see her Thursday night at a meeting and tell her the bad news,
which I guess she already knows.

When I went looking for more info on this, I got two unrelated hits from
Edmonton. The US might be a little more liberal. I've never tripped a
breaker except the GFI breaker for ground fault reasons.


I'm curious. Is it the same builder that built your house? It this all
part of the same sub-division?

Right and right.

If the same builder he probably used the
same specs as your house. What do you have? It does not seem right of a
1980 house.

Does it make any difference that it's a townhouse?

Maybe in the mind of whoever did the work, but in the code it's
based on the loads that are there. So a house and townhouse or
condo with the same loads, same square footage, should have the
same min service. Of course local authorities can do what they
please. Slipping the inspector some bills might help in some
cases too. I know of condos here that were built, where instead
of footings for the decks, they threw a shovel full of concrete
in a small hole, for example. That building inspector was last
scene headed for parts unknown. The mayor, the FBI raided his
house and found $50K in his attic.