50 amp service upgrade

Golden_HVAC wrote:

What Weekend Warrior did was have the dealer install a 50 amp main panel in the basement storage, with a 30 amp circuit breaker feeding the factory 30 amp panel, and new 20 amp breakers feeding several circuits - some of them where fed by the factory panel, now transferred to the new 50 amp panel.

Then the 50 amp panel has a 50 amp 2 pole main, at least 1- 30 amp 1 pole breaker, and several 20 amp breakers.

I would move over the air conditioners to the new panel, along with things like the kitchen circuit, and microwave. If you have a electric water heater, then that too.

Fred.

That is what I did on my previous unit. An 8 slot main panel was less than $15 plus the cost of the extra breakers. Mounted it behind the 30 amp panel so it was ez to move several of the circuits over. Used about 12 inches of the original 30 amp service cord to maintain power to the original panel. Biggest cost by far was the new 50 amp service cord providing power to the new main panel.