Electircal Service
#1
01-12-03, 04:12 AM
Electircal Service
I have a dryed in addition to my house. I have a permit to upgrade my sevice, along with moving the service to the addition. My question is this.... Instead of going thru the trouble of putting up a temporary pole with meter and breaker box, could I just mount the meter on the addition and wire it into the load center. Eventually, I will disconnect the current old breaker box, but for a while, i'll need both services.
Help is appreciated.
House in South Carolina.
Alan
Help is appreciated.
House in South Carolina.
Alan
#2
01-12-03, 06:28 AM
You could move the meter to the addition, install the new main panel, then run a temporary feeder to the main panel (via a breaker in the main panel. You could make that feeder "permanent" by using the old main panel as a subpanel. Don't forget to unbond the neutral and ground in the old panel if going this way.
#3
01-12-03, 08:43 AM
braveheart30116, Check with your power company on this issue and you inspection department. I can only speak in behalf of my AhJ(Authority Having Jurisdication) in my area. Any electrical service must be mounted to the original structure (the house), not an addition. So, if a new addition is going to added to the house it has to be moved to either sides of the house or elsewhere on the back of the house, along with the service drop.
It might be permissible in your area to do this. You hate to do all that work and find out its not.
Fred
It might be permissible in your area to do this. You hate to do all that work and find out its not.
Fred
