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But if 200A isn't limited at the meter, then I should be able to tap in there and run a 200A panel in the barn without any problems, and wouldn't be drawing from the houses power availability and presto, my particularness is satisfied. Also, like you said, if I have 200A out to the barn, what is left for the house.good point, again, possible, but even more slim to none chances that the barn and house at the same time would need the 200A, and if I am out working in the bar, do you really think I care if the ol' lady has enough current to kick on the vacuum while baking cookies? Do you know if 200A is limited at the meter? Was thinking of the possibility of having utility run a whole new line to the barn, but then I'd have 2 meters, and 2 bills, which wouldn't be bad, but they double up on the service fees as well, even though it is the same property and those greedy ^%&*^&*^&^ turn enough profit from me. I know I am being ridiculous about this, but I just don't want to have to worry about any of this, and if I have anything limiting current, it could happen.

Which is why the lights dim when you kick on your saw, or the A/C, etc but not a second later back to normal.

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If I kick on the welder at the same time the compressor kicks on at the same time someone kicks on the lift, while another person kicked on the spray booth exhaust.the list could keep going again SLIM TO NONE, but not immpossible that all this happens at once.and electric motors take sixty times more power just to start up than to run for a full hour. While chances are slim to none that I'd use more than 100A at any given time, it could be possible, I'm sure. But if the buss on the breaker panel is only good for 100A, then that will cause line loss there as well. Yes, most of what I described was prolly line loss. Which is why I am ALMOST considering 208 3 phase.but not so sure I want that electric bill

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While it is not a business, there is always the possibility that a few friends will be out there working on projects at the same time, so I want the 200A out there to ensure there will be NOOOOO current draw problems.Say my friend is spraying furniture or something, then I kick on the welder which may dimm the lights, and he is spraying in a meticulous spot and messes up cuz the lighting changed.just a pain in the.Also I have had the problem at a friends barn, I was welding real thin metal, and the compressor kicked on, taking some power from the welder (even though on different circuits), and the welder was on such a low temp, that when power was drawn from it, it was no longer hot enough to melt the wire, causing a blip, which seems simple enough to just go back and weld that little blip spot.except now the metal was already hot, and I made it hotter by welding on it again and blasted through my sheet.wasn't happy.sure you're thinking just wait for the metal to cool back off then reweld the blip.but thats a pain, plus I'd prolly forget about it, and it wouldn't be noticed until it got in the paint just really really want to avoid any possibility like this. I didn't list everything I will have out there, just a few.other things such as a wood/metal shop and a paint booth with high power exhaust fans will also be out there. I thought about running the 100A box out there, but it will be possible for the barn to use way more than the house at certain times. Is there a way to make it work with two 100 amp breakers, is there a 200 amp breaker froma different company that will work in the Cutler Hammer BR style box, or does anyone have any good relatively inexpensive ideas to get 200 amps to my barn? Any help will be greatly appreciated.

But I am not finding a cutler hammer 200 amp breaker. I would really like to be able to run 200 amps to the barn as well, to run big compressors, welders, car lift, etc. Soon I will be building a big pole barn out back, about 80 ft from the house.

Anyway, I have totally gutted the house and and rewiring everything as well, so I figure it will only be minimal work to go with a 200 amp box and I am going with the same Cutler Hammer BR style so I can reuse the pretty newer breakers I have. Why they only put in a 100 box is beyond me. I am doing this because the previous owners upgraded the electrical system with a 100 amp box.but ran 4/0 wire which is good enough to run a 200 amp box.

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I am getting ready to install a Cutler Hammer BR style breaker box in my house.

100 amp service to barn. wire size