Relying on electricity
Our electrical project is now underway! It is amazing how much we truely rely on electricity. Today we flip a switch and expect things to work. Our house was supplied with a 200A feed and new pannel box today.
It was snowing this morning so that made it a bit warmer for our electrician. His other attempt at scheduling the outside cut over it was 3 degrees. This time our electricians was able to get the service switched over.Our main concern was obviously keeping the house heated during this process. Our electrician was able to work out a live line to keep the furnace going during the cut over process.
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The electrical inspector came over about 12:45 and inspected the panel and outside meeter. The Electric Co. came about 3:00 to do the crimp and connect. Everything is patched back into the new panel and set to start building from there. Our new panel is a Siemens 40 circut 40 space box with copper bus. Plenty of room to add AC and applicances later.