When I say main, I'm am talking about the main Electric drop. You know how your water main is the main water drop to your house. You are dense. I'm a carpenter and a mechanic so I work around all types of electricity.
Why argue with me when everything you say is just vomit regurgitated by you. Everything you cite is somebody's words.
I have hands on with this subject, that's why I mentioned my opinion.
Do you have hands on?
I wouldn't open my mouth about shit I don't know.
I don't care what you believe.
Hahahahahaha! Please stop making me laugh, you have no idea what a main is either in electric or plumbing. I'm a retired HVAC construction worker who has done work with 120v, 240v ( single phase and 3 phase), 440v, 660v 1phase 3 phase , control voltage 240v down to milliamps, A/C voltage, DC voltage. I'm a steamfitter (local 638 out of nyc) that is why I said I'm no electrician because I respect the trade, but that doesn't mean I don't know electricity, 90% of my work around A/C units has to do with power ask any A/C serviceman!
I was trying to be polite but I knew you had no idea what you were talking about and when I told my buddy about this conversation (he is a MASTER ELECTRICIAN also retired from local 3 IBEW from nyc)
he knew that you knew jack shit he specifically wired MAINS in electric vaults the size of an Olympic pool.
And either wires in step down or step up transformer.
You said you a mechanic all they work with is DC power 12-16v. Not A/C power.
BTW check my profile HVAC means
Heating
Ventilation
Air
Conditioning which part of that doesn't deal with voltage.
A residential service line is the line on the pole out side to your home, your local electric co. Runs wires to your meter and pigtails to your MAIN distribution point that a licensed electrician wires in. The lines can be 2 hot lines of 120v or 2 hot lines of 220-240v.
You say that as long as the main can handle a 200 amp box, how can you tell that? Well I'll give you a hint. Wire size.
If you put a 200A breaker box on a 100A service and use 60% of the new 200A box then you just overloaded that service and caused a fire.
I know a hell of a lot more than you, stick to your 12v-16v circuits. And leave electrical work to professionals. Anyone reading this don't listen to this wannabe and please don't do what he did it can burn your home down.
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