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From: moroney@jon.DEC
Newsgroups: net.consumers,net.misc
Subject: Re: Electrical Service Query
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Date: Fri, 31-Aug-84 13:47:26 EDT
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Posted: Fri Aug 31 13:47:26 1984
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	According to the way your electrical fusebox is configured, you
have 120 amp service.  This is because the maximum current you can draw 
without blowing/swapping any fuses is 120 amps (60 for the electric stove
circuit, 60 for the rest of the house)  The two cartrige fuses in each line
are not added together in the calculation since they are essentially in 
series when a 240 volt device is considered (current flow is through 
one fuse -> device -> second fuse).  The fact you are blowing one
of your cartridge fuses only means you are attempting to draw more than
60 amps through that particular fuse and since you don't have anything
hooked up to the stove circuit, you are drawing 60 amps max. which is 
well under the 120 amp total limit for the wiring to the house. 
You can solve your problem simply by connecting the highest-drawing
240 volt device (probably your dryer) to the stove circuit and replacing
the 60 amp cartridge fuse for the stove (now dryer) circuit with the proper
size for it, probably 35 amps or so *IMPORTANT*.  Since the dryer
is no longer using the same 60 amp. service as the rest of the house, you
should never have any more problems with the 60 amp cartridge fuse.
You probably should balance the other devices while you are at it,
but that is no longer as important.  

						Mike Moroney
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