Upgrading from 110 voltage to 200 amp. What size panel do I need?

getogrow

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I feel like the house has some stuff that may have been DIY from the original owner. Garage has conduit running to it and inside there is another fuse box with a diagram that suggest the fuses run appliances in the kitchen. I guess the original fuse box in the house wasn't large enough. Hoping everything can be combined into one. Times have changed since 1947.
Yes ,they should be able to combine it all into one box for you. That looks pretty common going by the work i do. Thats a very common setup.
 

getogrow

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Just the way they did things back in the day?
Yes sir. you may be correct in assuming the one in the garage is added on later then 1947 but its all normal looking and believe it or not , that is grandfathered in so its not "against code" although its "unsafe". The wiring going into the panel appears to be newer wires , hopefully you have no knob an tube still running.
 

getogrow

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it "may" be easier for them to run a second sub panel off the main one to power the stuff going to the garage , rather then re running the wires from the garage to the new panel.
 

farmingfisherman

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Yes sir. you may be correct in assuming the one in the garage is added on later then 1947 but its all normal looking and believe it or not , that is grandfathered in so its not "against code" although its "unsafe". The wiring going into the panel appears to be newer wires , hopefully you have no knob an tube still running.
Nope
 

farmingfisherman

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So the electricians arrived this morning and started work on the panel. They are moving the panel from its previous location in our kitchen to a interior wall in our mudroom. Crazy amount of work! Tomorrow the power company will run a new line from the pole to the new mast they installed today and finish hooking up the circuits. Feeling very fortunate! :D

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getogrow

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Yes , that is a LOT of free work. Good deal ! i love to see the lil guy get help. EVERYTHING in your pictures is your responsibility , not theirs. From them wires hanging out of the new pipe to everything inside , its all on you to pay for, so yes that is a super win for your family !!
 

farmingfisherman

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Yes , that is a LOT of free work. Good deal ! i love to see the lil guy get help. EVERYTHING in your pictures is your responsibility , not theirs. From them wires hanging out of the new pipe to everything inside , its all on you to pay for, so yes that is a super win for your family !!
Yeah we feel like we won the lottery. Now all I have to do is learn to pull wires to a few areas of the house, I personally feel having grounds are a good thing even though people suggest otherwise.
 

PizzaBob

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So the electricians arrived this morning and started work on the panel. They are moving the panel from its previous location in our kitchen to a interior wall in our mudroom. Crazy amount of work! Tomorrow the power company will run a new line from the pole to the new mast they installed today and finish hooking up the circuits. Feeling very fortunate! :D

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Wow that mast is up there. Hope the utility co is ok w it.
 

natureboygrower

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I'll be the first to admit I'm not completely up to date on electrical equipment/parts/tools. There very well could be a connector you put on afterwards . The ones I've always used , you cannot put on after wire has been run into the box/panel.
 
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