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<blockquote data-quote="TJay74" data-source="post: 1540929" data-attributes="member: 5857"><p>How many meters do you have at the site? IS there a meter running the house and a meter running the shop? Sounds like one of the breaker panels is setup using a cut-over meaning it is getting its power directly from the houses breaker panel, this can work provided you are not running to much service.</p><p></p><p>You may need to contact your electric company and see about having your service upgraded to provide you with more power. The normal residential home is only setup to get 200A service, if you need anything more than that you will need to have them upgrade you to say 400A service. You might need to have a dedicated line ran to the shop with 200A service and maybe even have the breaker panel rewired with the correct amperage breakers so you can run your shop equipment.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TJay74, post: 1540929, member: 5857"] How many meters do you have at the site? IS there a meter running the house and a meter running the shop? Sounds like one of the breaker panels is setup using a cut-over meaning it is getting its power directly from the houses breaker panel, this can work provided you are not running to much service. You may need to contact your electric company and see about having your service upgraded to provide you with more power. The normal residential home is only setup to get 200A service, if you need anything more than that you will need to have them upgrade you to say 400A service. You might need to have a dedicated line ran to the shop with 200A service and maybe even have the breaker panel rewired with the correct amperage breakers so you can run your shop equipment. [/QUOTE]
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