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Cola, Sorry to have backed you up on this and then taken a couple of days off.I don't want to restart this again but your right! Maybe we should leave it alone and just say you and I know a dirty little secret
I was looking at the future sale ability of our house amd I think in 15 years it may be a good selling point. BTW, I had vinyl siding put on my house...
Now please go ahead and suggest to mcrofutt that the 100 amp service is sufficient for the pool addition as well.
Guess I feel compelled to voice my opinion...not on the electric issue per say, ...but on Vinny's ideas of adding to resale value...(Sorry Reese, but there is a commercial right now on the EAgles game )
QuoteNow please go ahead and suggest to mcrofutt that the 100 amp service is sufficient for the pool addition as well.Windsurfdog, As I said I don't want to restart this debateAs far as the pool addition, I have a inground pool 1hp pump on 100 amp service.......sheeshClamp on amp meter registered 88 amps on tub start up with air, stove, dryer and pool running!
Before this disintegrates again, let me admit that amp draws are site specific. Just because our house didn't need a panel upgrade doesn't mean mcrofutt 's house would be OK on 100 amp service.It is just myself and wife (no kids) so the odds of multiple appliances being started at the same time is zero. Our home is new and appliances are all energy star rated, furnace and a/c are both high efficiency and tub has only 1 pump. Am I saying that mcrfutt can live with 100 amp service---maybe. What should be done is to have an electrician come out and calculate the wattage and amp draw for their specific needs and make their decision based on that info. I am very wary of people that just want to sell you something in addition to what you hired or asked them to do. Show me proof that it is needed and I have no problem paying for a needed up grade. In our case it was not needed.