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Panel Upgrades |
If you are contemplating a major remodel, the addition
of a room or garage, or a new kitchen you should
consider upgrading your electrical service in your
Florida home.
Thirty years ago, the average new Florida home was
equipped with a 60 amp electrical service connected to a
screw-in fuse panel with two fuse blocks. The common
distribution was a fuse block for the stove and one for
the hot water tank. The balance of the homes electrical
needs were served by six, 15amp screw-in fuses.
Twenty years ago the average new home was equipped with
a 100 amp electrical service and some of them used the
latest in technology, circuit breakers.
Now the average home is equipped with a 200 amp
electrical service with a distribution panel handling up
to 40, 15amp circuit breakers serving the electrical
needs of the home.
North American’s are electrical power hungry. Today our
air conditioning systems take more power than an entire
home did 30 years ago. A kitchen, in a new home, will
usually be equipped with a number of receptacles capable
of supplying more than 60 amps just to counter top
appliances.
Adding receptacles does not increase the available power
if they are looped from other receptacles. To get more
power to a location the circuit should run directly from
the distribution panel.If you are looking for a
Florida electrician to upgrade your electric panel, please call us
toll free today at 888-670-BEST or complete our
online request form.
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