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You ran power from your house to your shop about a year ago The problem you are having is one of the bus legs in your shop panel box is not hot so every other 20 amp breaker is not hot on that leg?
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∙ 14y ago
Sounds as though you only ran a 110 volt power supply to your new shop subpanel. You need to supply 220V with a neutral and ground from your main panel to your subpanel. The 220 supply needs to come from a two pole 220V circuit breaker in your main panel. (example 50 or 100 Amp) Then, most importantly, you must use the correct size wire to carry the current. That is the wire must be sized correctly to the 220V breaker. The neutral must also be the same size as the conductors.
Once you determine how much power you need in your shop, size the supply 220v circuit breaker and wire accordingly. Check with your local building department if you are unsure or what size wire to use with what size breaker or refer to Table 310-16 in the National Electric Code.
In Australia domestic power is 240v So you have run single phase power to a three phase switchboard. To get power to those breakers you must hook the active to the busbar connected to those circuit breakers.
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If you have a 125 amp breaker box on the pole with a 125 amp breaker going to your house and you get a hot tub that needs a 60 amp GFI breaker would that overload the box?
It depends on what else you are running in the house. Add up your amperage to see if it is more than the 125amp rating. Which should be below 105 amps constant to keep from overheating the main breaker. If you are not running a big central ac system or a electric oven and water heater you should have no problem running the hot tub.
How can you tell what your home amp service is?
Look on the handle end of the main breaker. There should be a number there. That is the amperage of the main breaker. That is the size of your house service.
Is it ok to change a breaker box in a house from 2 fuses at 50amps to one at 50 and one at 35 amps?
Breaker boxes do not have fuses associated with them unless the main disconnect is independent from the breaker box. If that is the case both fuses have to be the same in the main disconnect that protects the breaker box.
Is it necessary to balance a house fuse panel to save electricity and if so why and how is it done?
A balanced house panel should be the ultimate goal. It will not save you electricity as the watt meter on the house monitors the use of power from both legs of the incoming power. To balance a panel you want the current from L1 to Neutral to equal L2 to Neutral. The neutral carries the unbalanced current between L1 and L2. A perfectly balanced panel will have no current on the neutral. It is done by knowing what the current draw is on every breaker. Then they are physically positioned so that they equal each other on the opposite leg. e.g. breaker 1 on leg L1 = 5 amps, breaker 2 on leg L2 = 10 amps, breaker 3 on leg L1 = 10 amps, breaker 4 on leg L2 = 5 amps. Total up all amperages on L1 and then on L2 , if they are equal then the panel is balanced with no current on the neutral.
Should 25 amps breaker be replaced by 20 amps?
For typical residential house wiring 12 AWG wire is required for a 20 Amp breaker. If you change out the breaker for a 25 A breaker you would have to rewire the circuit with 10 AWG. In that case you could up the breaker to 30 Amps. All outlets and switches should be rated at the same voltage and current as the breaker.
Every time it rains one circuit breaker turns off at your house Can anyone tell you how you can find out where the problem is?
That has to be a ground fault protection breaker. Lucky you! When it is off there will be outlets that don't light the test lamp you plug into the sockets around your home. Find and list the dead ones. Somewhere you have a waterleak into the socket or something connected to that breaker that has a water leak into it's electrical connections
If you have problem to find my house?
No, I have Google map which tells location of every house.
Lost electricity to 3 rooms and you checked the circuit breaker and they are all in What else might be the problem?
Cable worked loose. Or there might be another breaker box somewhere else in the house, previously unknown to you.
Why does it smell in my house like cat pee every time it rains?
You tell me. I am having the same problem and it is making me sick. I have a pounding headache because it is so strong.
Every time you vacuum you blow the breaker in your house can you change the breaker?
Either your breaker switch needs to be changed for a heavier one, the pool equipment needs to be put on an other circuit or better still one of its own.It is best to talk to an ellectrician about the delails involved.
How do you make your electric bill go up?
Turn every appliance and device on in the house. If the main breaker trips, turn a few devices off until the breaker does not trip. Prepare for a bill in the hundreds of dollars.
If an electrician have a circuit that pulls a load of 10 amps what size breaker must that circuit be protected by?
If you are talking about a breaker in a house panel then a 15 amp breaker would be used. It is the smallest amperage breaker that you will find in a house panel.
Why do some lights go off in your house when you turn on too many appliances?
In a well designed house the lights are not connected to the same circuit as an appliance. If by going out you are saying that a breaker trips, then your appliances and lights combined are exceeding the rating of the breaker. You either need to rewire and balance the loads better or plug high current appliances into different outlets on another breaker. If you are not tripping breakers, but lights are just dimming you have a bigger problem with inadequate current supplying your house.
Is having a horse in your house normal?
It is every unlike to have a horse in your house but I do not see why you cant but you would have to pick up after it
Shop vac trips house breaker?
If the Shop Vac is tripping the breaker to a house turn other electronics off while it is in use. The power in the house should be checked out by a electrician.
If you have a 125 amp breaker box on the pole with a 125 amp breaker going to your house and you get a hot tub that needs a 60 amp GFI breaker would that overload the box?
It depends on what else you are running in the house. Add up your amperage to see if it is more than the 125amp rating. Which should be below 105 amps constant to keep from overheating the main breaker. If you are not running a big central ac system or a electric oven and water heater you should have no problem running the hot tub.
Why would the voltage drop to 105 in one outlet in your old mobile home?
Check the voltages on the other receptacles in the home. If you find other lower voltages go back and shut that breaker off. Go through out the house shutting off the breakers that have low voltage on them. If other ones are lower see if you can establish if the voltage drop is on the same bus breakers. These will be every alternate breaker. If the breakers that you shut off are every other breaker then the problem is with the incoming utility supply. Give them a call and get them to read the voltage at the meter base. If you can not find any other low voltages in the home then shut the breaker off to that circuit and change the receptacle out for a new one. If the voltage is still low after replacing the receptacle, it could be the breaker that is feeding that circuit.
