Re: any electrician out there?

On Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:47:09 -0500, Douglas Johnson
<post@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

franz fripplfrappl <bogus@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.


Actually it is, but don't worry the earth is falling too :-)

No; no such things as "falling" in the universal sense. "Falling" is
generally assumed to mean descending toward the earth. The earth isn't
falling; it's being suspended in a path by external gravitational and
electrical forces, among others such as black matter, material in space,
etc.. <g>


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.


A clamp ammeter can be a useful thing sometimes.

Yup. But with a handy breaker to remove, a few clip leads and a good
ammeter gives great results without repositioning, proximity effects,
etc.. Love clamps, but love a chance to direct-connect even more!
Safely, of course! Clam ps are a lot safer as long as they stay plugged
in!

Cheers,



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.

I'd say it's the best first-line of attack, viewed from "here"<g>.


-- Doug



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