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I currently have a 200 main amp panel in my basement. It is pretty full and I would like to add a second subpanel for when I finish the basement and a third subpanel for the garage. I ran a load calcualtion and I am around 90 amps. I live in the US , Iowa. Please tell me if I am way off base. I...

Friends, Since this my first post I would like to so I have read the posting rules so I would to start off with an introduction of my background and knowledge. I currently work as an IT Systems Administration and Engineering, or in slightly more lamens terms; I am an Information Technology...

I have read numerous postings on here about aluminum wiring, but recently had an electrician come in and pigtail my outlets. I left for the day and came back as they were just finishing up the work. As I examine my outlets tonight it appears that they did not use the correct connectors for...

Over the last few years I managed to remove a fair chunk of the Aluminum wiring throughout my home and have pigtailed the rest. I would like (loss minimizing) protection from the remaining aluminum circuits by considering Arc flash breakers for the remaining 7 branches. Am i being overly...