Electrician Help

[y26]

I'm looking at buying a 3 family that is about or just over 100yrs old. They have a 100 (amp??) service coming to the house. Home inspecter suggested bringing in another 100 service. Is 100 amp for 3 units to little??? Am i going to have tenants call me about thing always shutting off. It has the old round fuses.

How much am i looking to spend to run another 100 amps from the pole??? Also maybe update the panel.

thanks for your advice.

 

[BOOSTEDGNs]

Im no electrcian but my brother is, In NY I know right off jump street that each box you need is $1500 each and depending on what the codes are if you have to use romex/bx will decide the factor of the rest and yes your tenants will be tripping and the wires will need to be updated fire hazardous

Alan

 

[Jbenn911]

Dunno where you are, but.... Here in our lil part of NJ, a minimum of 150amp is required..most new places going up have 200 or 250 now...

 

[y26]

I live in massachusetts. Yes the new homes going up are over 200 up here to.

If anyone has input please chime in.

I'm thinking of calling a local electrician to possibly do an inspection.

 

[kenny]

Definitely go bigger than a 100 amp.

Price is going to depend on what all needs to be done.

Your best (cheapest) bet would be to find someone willing to do it on the side...

 

[turbosam6]

Yeah, side work is good.

Get an appraisal from a good company for negotiation purposes then try to find a better deal. Or get the current owners to update it first.

 

[hrodgmc]

100 ampp service

New Single family dwellings are usually 200 amp minimum. Large appliances(water heaters, dryers, hvac heat strips, ovens) can pull from 30-60+ amps. Larger residences, (3000+ sq/ ft.) often require 2- 200 amp services to supply demand and future room for growth. Each bedroom should demand at least a 20 amp single pole breaker for lights and receptacles.(More often it requires 2- one for lights and one or more for receptacles) Kitchens require at least 2 maybe 3 -20 amp circuts. If you have to pay for another service entrance, I would pay for a new 200 amp service.

This is in GA, so local codes are probably even more strict up there.

HTH, Matt