[Amps] 220V wiring logistics

[Lee Wical]

EXCELLENT ADVISE.

At 11:59 AM 11/29/2007, n8de at thepoint.net wrote:
>Had you described the problem this way in your original post, I would
>have made the following recommendation:
>
>Buy a NEW breaker box .. exactly the same as the present one, but with
>ALL positions available for breaker installation ... and do what
>others have suggested ... installing one, independent 220v line to a
>single outlet at the shack.
>
>Don
>N8DE
>
>Quoting Gary Smith <Gary at doctorgary.net>:
>
> >
> >> As you can't drill any holes (don't know the reason but that's
> >> unimportant),
> >
> > Have relocated back to the parents QTH as they are in their 90's &
> > I'm the only progeny so they need an advocate to help them keep
> > independent as long as possible. That said, they are not keen for
> > change and drilling holes would lets nicely say; disturb their karma.
> >
> >> how about running a 220 line to one of the existing
> >> outlets and replacing the duplex outlet with a 220? That's assuming
> >> your house has more outletts than mine did originally.
> >
> > I thought of that but when I looked at the buss box, some idiot
> > removed the pins the breaker slides onto, on the remaining bus slots
> > by filing them down. So though the option to add another pair of
> > breakers was there at one time, it's not now.
> >
> > Adding a piggyback breaker box is as problematic with them as
> > drilling holes...
> >
> > I understand it's truly easier to get forgiveness than permission but
> > though the place will likely be mine someday, it is their house
> > today...
> >
> > Gary
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