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If you plan to finish the basement of a 50 year old house do you need to upgrade the electricity from 100A service so that you can add 6 new outlets and dedicated circuits for appliances?
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∙ 12y ago
One thing to keep in mind when you talk of upgrading an electrical service. That is that a permit will have to be taken out, inspection made and the whole house will have to be brought up to current standards of the code. This could run into a large amount of money on a 50 year old house. Contact an electrical contractor for an estimate. A good contractor will not charge for this service. If there is a fee for this service move on to someone else as this guy will try to do things on the cheap and end up usually costing you more money. Consider a small 6 circuit sub panel if there are two spare circuit holes in the existing panel. This installation would be far less costly that a new service change. A new 200 amp service should be in the neighbourhood of $2000.
That depends on what kind of appliance you plan on placing.
100 Amps sounds ample for 6 normal sockets if they are in parallel. For an item like a wasjher, dryer, oven etc.. you would need an independent circuit.
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Why should your appliances be on a dedicated circuit?
Appliances usually have a higher current draw that is very close to the limit of the circuits capacity. By having other loads on this circuit it could lead to nuisance tripping when and if both the appliance and the additional load were started at the same time.
Appliances usually run on what volt circuits?
120 volts
How do you wire dedicated circuits and test for that?
Dedicated circuits are ones that originate at the power panel and supply power to a pre-determined device(s). You test them with a multimeter, or other such electrical test equiment.
What type of circuit allows you to use appliances in your home at the same time?
parallel circuits for A+
What type of circuit allows you to use appliances in your home the same time?
parallel circuits for A+
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Why should your appliances be on a dedicated circuit?
Appliances usually have a higher current draw that is very close to the limit of the circuits capacity. By having other loads on this circuit it could lead to nuisance tripping when and if both the appliance and the additional load were started at the same time.
Do all circuits contain electricity?
All electrical circuits do.
What appliances has sequential circuits?
Washing machines, dryers, dishwashers.
Appliances usually run on what volt circuits?
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What type of circuit allows you to use appliances in your home at the same?
parallel circuits for A+
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