The difference is the difference in the size of service entrance conductor and maximum ampacity of the service equipment [panel].
The panel will be labeled and the main breaker, if there is one, will say 100 on the operating handle.
It is unlikely you will find a sixty amp service unless it has fuses [probably with pull-outs] and cloth service cable [it will be very old]. Many of these old fuse services may be 100 amps.
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As always, if you are in doubt about what to do, the best advice anyone should give you is to call a licensed electrician to advise what work is needed.
Before you do any work yourself,
on electrical circuits, equipment or appliances,
always use a test meter to ensure the circuit is, in fact, de-energized.
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Look at the main breaker or fuse at top of main panel and see if it is labeled 60 or 100.
100A
If a 100 amp breaker keeps tripping there is an overload on the system.
I don't know anything about Minneapolis except that it's cold, but anything under 100 Amps is normally inadequate for an average home. Therefore, the service you mention is the bare minimum required for a home of less than 2,000 sf leaving little room for future consumption and the possibility of costs for upgrading to a larger service.
The electric company probably upgraded your service, but the house hasn't been re-wired to take advantage of it. 60A used to be common, but 100A is much more common now.
A #1 aluminum wire with a insulation factor of 90 degrees C is rated at 105 amps. Three #1 wires can be installed into an 1 1/2" conduit.
Have an electrician wire you a proper line for the appliance. You were just kidding about the 100A, right? 10, or 20amp, not 100.
this is pipe size dn100 ( Diametre Nominal 100) =100A
In my experience it is best to upgrade to an 200 amp service. The cost difference is minimal and is a selling point for the future. This includes replacing the service cable and Meter Box.
No because 100a-35 is an algebraic expression containing two terms.
As many as you want without exceeding the 100amps. You could have 100 circuits if all you have is a single 100watt light on each circuit.
Mossberg
100A
It is 100A hundredths.
The Electric Company - 1971 100A 5-100 was released on: USA: 5 March 1976
I just removed a ALT 100A fuse in my buddy's Toyota Corolla from 93'. I had to disasemble the hole fusebox in the engineroom, to take the fuses out from beneath it. They are boltet on, (search google: "ALT 100A" first article). Hope this was helpfull. Rasmus DK.
A 15000 KW transformer will power a small city! One KW is one thousand watts, so 15000 KW is 15,000,000 watts. The average 2500 ft2 house in the US uses somewhere between 24000 and 48000 watts maximum (thats a 100A or 200A service). Did you perhaps mean 15000 watts? That would correspond to a 60A service, which is pretty small. If you have gas appliances (stove, furnace, water heater, clothes dryer) and no big electrical appliances, such as an air conditioner, then maybe a 60A service would do. Most jurisdictions require a minimum 100A service these days except in unusual situations, such as mobile homes and such. A house that size should have a 200A 42 circuit panel. This relates to a 50Kva transformer
A 100 amp residential service requires a size #8 copper wire, it should be insulated in green.