Re: any electrician out there?

On Jun 27, 2:47 pm, Douglas Johnson <p...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
franz fripplfrappl <bo...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Upgrade to 200 amp and have all your wiring rechecked before you burn the
place down.  

Let's not play Chicken Little.  The sky is not falling.  

he A/C is straining your system but every time a motor
starts, e.g., the fridge, you can expect something to give.

You have no way of knowing this.  While 90 amps is kind of small by modern
standards, it is not necessarily too small.  We don't know the A/C load or other
loads that are present.

It is quite likely the breaker is failing.  It happens.  If so, all she needs to
do is replace the breaker.  This is much, much cheaper than upgrading to 200
amps, which would require a new panel, likely new breakers, and possibly a
service upgrade.

-- Doug

Agree. A 90 amp house service does sound a little small in this day
and age. Maybe the house was built before AC and many other modern
gadgets became common and affordable for most if us? But if you have
gas or oil heating, not electric, then 90-100 amps may be quite
adequate!
But quite possibly the breaker is getting a little old and tired. If
the electrician says replace it with a new 100 amp and the wiring is
OK try that for a while.
And naturally even if you do not have 'a lot of electrics' in your
house maybe conserve a bit by not running anything else 'heavy' while
the AC is in use? For example don't go baking anything in an electric
oven (not that anyone might want to on a hot day anyway?) during a hot
day when the AC is on?
If the house has been extended or other additions, then perhaps,
maybe, it may be time to think about a larger new service. But doing
that can mean that major parts of the house may have may to be rewired
to meet current electrical code requirements and the consequent
expense; whereas the current problem, if nothing else has changed, may
be just a worn out circuit breaker!
.

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