I have 100 amp service that has 6 spots left for breakers.i plan on running new wire for my window shaker,witch is hob&knob right now so new wire is in order.most of the house has been upgraded with new wire but some hob&knob is left.I have done some wireing so far with good results.But for the breakers in the pannell this is new and i know i could wire it up.Now how do i know witch one to get what fits i am lost are they all the same size.thanks for taking the time to read this and your help:) have a great day all.

I am having a few electrical problems, maybe interconnected, maybe not... First off, I just bought the house in the middle of December, and had a home inspection, and the electrical passed to the inspector's satisfaction. It is a 200A service, with some older looking wiring in, as well as some newer wiring. The week before we moved in some drunk hit a pole on the road behind the house. My neighbor across the street said she had some damage to her PC's, and that I should have our electric checked out. I knew we had a whole house power panel protection box, as well as a cylindrical surge protector thing. I have no experience with either. The first problem is probably the easier of the two. When there are too many things on in the kitchen, i.e. microwave, refrigerator, and foreman grill, the breaker trips. When I went and mapped out what was on each breaker, as far as I could tell the only things on the breaker were an outlet in the living room, the dining room, and 6 outlets in the kitchen, and possibly a dishwasher and disposal, which I had no way of testing, since both are inoperable. I'm guessing there is too much of a load on that circuit. Am I right? And if so, what do I do, split the load in half by running a new line and going to a new breaker? The second is a bit more complex. Certain lights in the house started to dim, and I couldn't seem to figure out why. At first I thought it was due to wind, but then I started to notice dimming even when the winds were calm. Then the power would go out to those same rooms, for short periods of time, and then come back on a couple minutes later. The breakers never tripped. This also affected the thermostat, with the temp going down to 55-60*F at least twice overnight. I thought maybe the furnace was on the same breaker as the rooms that had problems, but when I mapped out the breakers I noticed that 3 breakers are being affected, one by itself, and two breakers are across from each other on the panel. When I turned off the whole breaker panel once and back on to see if this would reset the power to the furnace, I heard a typical "short" sound coming from the panel. I haven't taken off the panel cover yet. I hate to keep this post going any longer, so if any more info is needed let me know. Electrical work doesn't intimidate me, and I think I can fix the problem/problems if a licensed electrician isn't necessary.