ceb58
Senior Member
- Location
- Raeford, NC
Situation: Fire department building with a 200amp meter base back to back with a 200amp MB panel.
They are in the process of building a separate building that will be office/storage. The plan for phase 2 is to add on around 8300sq ft for sleeping quarters, cooking and bays for more trucks to the existing building.
What they want is to upgrade to a 600amp service to handle the existing building with the add on and feed the separate building. This way they have only one meter for the entire property.
What I am thinking is to install a CT can next to the existing meter base. Come out of the right side and be prepared to switch out the meter base with a disco and change the ground/neutral bond in the existing 200 amp panel making it a sub panel when the power change over takes place to minimize power down time. Out of the left side I would come out of CT can with a gutter and set two 200 amp discos. One disco would feed the separate structure and the other would be used to feed the addition in phase 2 of the project. This way poco would only need one power outage to change over to CT can.
Any other suggestions?
They are in the process of building a separate building that will be office/storage. The plan for phase 2 is to add on around 8300sq ft for sleeping quarters, cooking and bays for more trucks to the existing building.
What they want is to upgrade to a 600amp service to handle the existing building with the add on and feed the separate building. This way they have only one meter for the entire property.
What I am thinking is to install a CT can next to the existing meter base. Come out of the right side and be prepared to switch out the meter base with a disco and change the ground/neutral bond in the existing 200 amp panel making it a sub panel when the power change over takes place to minimize power down time. Out of the left side I would come out of CT can with a gutter and set two 200 amp discos. One disco would feed the separate structure and the other would be used to feed the addition in phase 2 of the project. This way poco would only need one power outage to change over to CT can.
Any other suggestions?