Re: ATM - Kiln Design

["Frank Ward" <thewards@mindspring.com>]

.>  If you aren't sure about doing the wiring, pay an electrician.<  

Now that's the type of advice I like to hear.  The rest
was just bull.... I'm the electrician others pay.  If you want to know 
how to do it, safely,  within the limits of your panel and service...
write me.

Frank Ward


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter D. Brooks" <pdbrooks@pacbell.net>
To: "Richard Andersen" <RichardA@island.net>
Cc: <richas@idt.net>; <atm@shore.net>
Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2000 9:56 PM
Subject: Re: ATM - Kiln Design


> 
> 
> 
> Richard Andersen wrote:
> >  Are you sure that is all you can draw? In these times it is very
> > rare to find a house with only a 100 Amp service and 200 amp is
> > extremely common. 
> 
> Not sure current trends, but where gas heat is common and central air
> conditioning isn't, 100A service is common.  That's assuming you don't have a
> pre-WWII house, where 60A, sometimes even 110 only is common.
> 
> I'm lucky, the mains is 200A, with 100A going to my detached garage.  
> 
>  
> > Perhaps a bunch of 110 volt circuits might be brought into use as
> > additional power sources. Those circuits are usually 15 amps 
> 
> Using 110V heaters from random circuits is A Very Bad Idea.  When (maybe if)
> you have an electrical disaster with this arrangment, you'd discover that your
> fire insurance expired shortly before the fire.  Read the electric code and
> follow it....
> 
> If the service can handle 220V you can usually run an extra 220V line.  IIRC,
> you can have breakers for 1.2X the nominal capacity, so if you do have 100A
> service, you can have a 50A 220 circuit, and still run the rest of the house
> with 50A x 2 110 circuits.  Just balance the loads, kinda.
> 
> 
> (> Finally, it wouldn't be a very complex task to add another 220 outlet
> > to your service. The only limitation is that the total current can
> > not exceed the rating of your main breaker.
> 
> If you are comfortable wiring your house, go for it.  Just follow the code and
> all will be fine.  If you aren't sure about doing the wiring, pay an
> electrician.  if you feel OK doing the wiring, but not sure with the code, you
> can either get a book like _Wiring Simplified_ (Fatbrain should sell it) or pay
> some more for a design.
> 
> Pete Brooks (rebuilt a house some years ago)
> 
> , pay someone to give you 
> > 
> > Richard Andersen
> > Victoria, B.C., Canada
>