I recently did a complete rewire for a 1960's home that had aluminum wiring and no ground wires. Luckily the house was originally done with Greenfield, so I could fish through new wires without too much trouble. The house is a five bedroom with a gym and the homeowner wanted things brought up to the most recent standards whereever possible. I'm on 2005 NEC. I ran new dedicated circuits for each of the bathrooms, a treadmill, and the office computer. The loadcenter is a Homeline 30/40 panel. I decided to use some tandem breakers to leave some extra spaces for future use.
On top of AFCI breakers for the bedrooms, the owner wanted AFCI for the living, family, and dining rooms. They also wanted GFCI breaker for the pool pumps and heater.
As a side note, the lady of the house had me replace the AFCI breaker for the dining room yesterday because the fondue pot kept tripping the breaker. I was surprised the pot caused a problem because it isn't a motor or anything like that and it only draws 5 amps. But I replaced the AFCI with a standard breaker for her. Other than that, no problems with the AFCI's.
The homeowners decided to wait to upgrade their service main, which is the original and feeds the new loadcenter with fused 100 amps. I fed the new loadcenter with #3 wire for the hots and neutral and used #4 for the ground. The inspector signed off on it yesterday, but I'm sure you all can find something I could have done better. Thanks.
On top of AFCI breakers for the bedrooms, the owner wanted AFCI for the living, family, and dining rooms. They also wanted GFCI breaker for the pool pumps and heater.
As a side note, the lady of the house had me replace the AFCI breaker for the dining room yesterday because the fondue pot kept tripping the breaker. I was surprised the pot caused a problem because it isn't a motor or anything like that and it only draws 5 amps. But I replaced the AFCI with a standard breaker for her. Other than that, no problems with the AFCI's.
The homeowners decided to wait to upgrade their service main, which is the original and feeds the new loadcenter with fused 100 amps. I fed the new loadcenter with #3 wire for the hots and neutral and used #4 for the ground. The inspector signed off on it yesterday, but I'm sure you all can find something I could have done better. Thanks.