I have applied to my County planning to replace my old home. I contacted the power company to see how much installing some new high voltage line and transformer to the new house would be, they said $15,000 for 500 feet. That to much money for me.
I'm hoping to install a 400 amp panel at the old house and send power to the new house some 500 away. Does anyone have experience with this. ? Maybe transformer with smaller wire? I'm just trying to save myself $10k

On 8/3/2015 4:53 PM, wrote:
I have applied to my County planning to replace my old home. I contacted the power company to see how much installing some new high voltage line and transformer to the new house would be, they said $15,000 for 500 feet. That to much money for me.
I'm hoping to install a 400 amp panel at the old house and send power to the new house some 500 away. Does anyone have experience with this. ? Maybe transformer with smaller wire? I'm just trying to save myself $10k


Sweet Jesus! WTF do you need 400 amp service for?

(My average electric load is 2000 watts or ~8 amps.)

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On 8/3/2015 4:53 PM, wrote:
I have applied to my County planning to replace my old home. I contacted
the power company to see how much installing some new high voltage line
and transformer to the new house would be, they said $15,000 for 500
feet. That to much money for me.
I'm hoping to install a 400 amp panel at the old house and send power to
the new house some 500 away. Does anyone have experience with this. ?
Maybe transformer with smaller wire? I'm just trying to save myself $10k


Sweet Jesus! WTF do you need 400 amp service for?

(My average electric load is 2000 watts or ~8 amps.)


Well, if you want to size your service for your AVERAGE load, you will need
training from Eva Gabor.

On 08/03/2015 07:09 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 3 Aug 2015 18:18:10 -0400, Bob wrote:

On 8/3/2015 4:53 PM, wrote:
I have applied to my County planning to replace my old home. I contacted the power company to see how much installing some new high voltage line and transformer to the new house would be, they said $15,000 for 500 feet. That to much money for me.
I'm hoping to install a 400 amp panel at the old house and send power to the new house some 500 away. Does anyone have experience with this. ? Maybe transformer with smaller wire? I'm just trying to save myself $10k


Sweet Jesus! WTF do you need 400 amp service for?

(My average electric load is 2000 watts or ~8 amps.)

He wants to serve 2 houses from that panel.

I am also guessing you have natural gas or some other energy source
coming into the house. Lots of us only have electric for everything.


Everyone has choices to make.
A homeowner can either spend their money on building insulation or they
can give it away to the power company every month.

On Tue, 04 Aug 2015 10:52:11 -0400, wrote:

my spa still pulls 70 amps

Only a SPAz is stupid enough to own a SPA.
Biggest waste of electricity ever developed.

On 8/3/2015 3:53 PM, wrote:
I have applied to my County planning to replace my old home. I
contacted the power company to see how much installing some new
high voltage line and transformer to the new house would be, they
said $15,000 for 500 feet.

Have you had an electrician contact the utility for a quote? You may
be surprised.

That to much money for me. I'm hoping to
install a 400 amp panel at the old house and send power to the new
house some 500 away. Does anyone have experience with this. ?
Maybe transformer with smaller wire? I'm just trying to save myself
$10k

Is that permitted under code or by the utility?

I'd just contact an electrician and request an estimate first.

On 08/04/2015 10:52 AM, wrote:
,

I tripled the insulation in my attic and my spa still pulls 70 amps
when the heat kicks on.
You don't size your service to the average, you need to size it to the
peak.


You are obviously a high-roller if you have a 70 amp spa. Clearly you
could afford a $15,000 electric service to power it up. Mere pocket
change, I suppose!

Someone posted about using "lightening protectors". Michael Jackson maybe needed lightening protection. For electrical protection against those big sparks in the sky, use "lightning protection".

On Wednesday, August 5, 2015 at 9:18:27 PM UTC-5, wrote:
Someone posted about using "lightening protectors". Michael Jackson maybe needed lightening protection. For electrical protection against those big sparks in the sky, use "lightning protection".

Nobody did it. It's not like nobody can spell. Nobody is going to care.

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