Jimmy7
Senior Member
- Location
- Boston, MA
- Occupation
- Electrician
Hello,
I have a customer who has geothermal equipment in his single family house. The house has a 400 amp service with two 200 amp panels side by side. The customer is concerned that when the geothermal equipment turns on the lights flicker, I’m guessing it’s the in-rush current. It appears that most of the geothermal equipment is in one of the 200 amp panels. As a result, the customer would like to remove and relocate any lighting circuit that is located in the panel where the geothermal is fed from to the other panel. This is an effort to stop the lights from flickering upon the start up of the geothermal system. Would this even work, or does the in-rush affect the entire 400 amp service? FYI - Prior to the geothermal install the entire house was fed from a 200 amp service.
I have a customer who has geothermal equipment in his single family house. The house has a 400 amp service with two 200 amp panels side by side. The customer is concerned that when the geothermal equipment turns on the lights flicker, I’m guessing it’s the in-rush current. It appears that most of the geothermal equipment is in one of the 200 amp panels. As a result, the customer would like to remove and relocate any lighting circuit that is located in the panel where the geothermal is fed from to the other panel. This is an effort to stop the lights from flickering upon the start up of the geothermal system. Would this even work, or does the in-rush affect the entire 400 amp service? FYI - Prior to the geothermal install the entire house was fed from a 200 amp service.