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I went to my local utility to ask them what size conduit was feeding my customers service. I need to know this because I wanted to upgrade them from a 200a panel to a 400a panel, and wanted to make sure the service entrance conduit is large enough to receive new cables if needed. The utility company told me that it is irrelevant because we would have to instal a transformer on the customers property in order to upgrade the service. This is a underground fed service.
I upgraded another service from 200 to 400a a year before underground fed but it was with a different utility company. The conduit and cables were large enough to handle the upgrade.
Why would there be a need to install a customer transformer on the property just for more amperage? The voltage will remain the same it's the amperage that needs upgrading. Could it be that the utility's transformer can not handle the additional amperage? Has anyone ran into this situation before?
I upgraded another service from 200 to 400a a year before underground fed but it was with a different utility company. The conduit and cables were large enough to handle the upgrade.
Why would there be a need to install a customer transformer on the property just for more amperage? The voltage will remain the same it's the amperage that needs upgrading. Could it be that the utility's transformer can not handle the additional amperage? Has anyone ran into this situation before?