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I thought I was done requesting advice on my project and ready to execute, but here I am back again. I hired an electrician for the project and he came up with an interesting advice, which I tried to capture in this enclosed line diagram. He reconfirmed the calculation that you kindly did for...

I missed to read this suggestion , which was later advised by @wwhitney too. I think I will bite the bullet and go for replacing my old main MLO service panel with a new 200 amp main breaker panel , may be like this one, which can support solar back feed too. Making any code compliant addition...

Hello Wayne, Thanks a lot for your continued help. I was looking to share the additional information on the other forum but couldn't do so as the thread was closed. I am sharing clear pictures of both the main and garage panels , as well as a spreadsheet having details of garage panel circuit...

I don't have scope for even 20amp ( continuous ) either on my 100 amp sub panel or 100 amp ac load circuit despite 200 amp service, due to the unique situation of my home electrical setup. I explained it above in my post. Some rejig is required and hence my quest to educate myself of all...

Does that ( 2020 NEC ) mean that my existing MLO Panel distribution setup will be treated as "new installation" if I derate existing breakers and and add a new breaker in that panel to use freed up capacity , as I am planning to do ? Will this approach be code compliant If I install a new 200...

Still grappling with what my options are to install the wall charger. Garage panel , although rated as 200 amp busbar, has 100 amp feed from the main panel. The AC loads have 100 amp feed from the main panel too. Main panel , this way, is fully subscribed to 200 amp and no new load can be...

Did you pull a permit for adding the wall charger ? I have 200 amp service , but evenly split between between a sub panel and ac loads with each getting 100 amp. sub panel has typical loads of a 3400 sq ft home ( dryer, oven , spa but no electric cooktop or water heater ) and and I am hard...

What other loads do you have on this sub panel , in addition to 60 amp wall charger ? If you have other loads, how did you do the load calculation to ascertain that adding 60 amp OCPD is code compliant . I have a situation where my sub panel is fed on a 100 amp circuit , coming from 200 amp...

I have 200 amp service. The outside main service panel ( 200 amp ) is of the type : meter main MLO Distribution panel with no breaker in between the meter ( supply side ) and the panel itself. I has two breakers on the load side. One 100 amp breaker feeds the two outdoor AC condenser units and...

I am also looking at Bosch BOVA60HDN1M20G 4-5 TON HEAT PUMP to replace an ancient two 5 ton ( oversized ) Carrier AC and Furnace system. Did your Bosch replaced an existing AC/Furnace and if yes, did you reuse the existing line set ? How much square feet your Bosch is heating/cooling ? I am in...