It's electric

[greatbearmd]

This dreary weather has not been kind to my achy joints, hay fever and general disposition. Since I can't do anything outside, I've been finishing up the electrical upgrades to the downstairs workshop. All that remains now is to replace the actual feed from the main panel to the sub panel in the shop. I have to pick up some 4 gauge/3 conductor w/ground cable from a local electrical supply house that does not have evening or weekend hours, and none of the local hardware stores or home centers carry this stuff. The panel is still being fed by the 40 amp feed I put in at least 15 years ago. Little did I know that it would become outgrown not much later. The 12-slot breaker box I had started with had long since been replaced with a 20 slot, and there is a mere two remaining unused slots. The exact same thing happened about a dozen years prior as I upgraded another subpanel used for the rest of the house.

Did I mention I spec'd this place out for a 400 amp electrical service before I even built it? The garage has it's own 200 amp service. The electric company loves me. I even got a chance to specify the transformer I wanted on the pole. Being that this is an all-electric house, I got the efficiencies of most things up pretty high, and will eventually seek some sort of solar assist system.

When the place looks less like a bomb went off inside and the machinery and all is in it's final home, I will take pictures. Some of youse guys on my flist might enjoy them.

Can I have some sunshine this week?