- Location
- Simi Valley, CA
As in outlet for an electric range? Not an NEC requirement if there is no electric range. You could do your cooking on a wood burning stove as far as the NEC cares. At a bare minimum NEC only requires 2 SABC's for the kitchen, plus whatever lighting there is in the kitchen since fixed lighting is not allowed on the SABC.
I know that and you know that, but apparently the engineer didn't know that.
My point is, if you have a 1950's house with only two receptacles in each bedroom and "maybe" two SABC in the kitchen, and the laundry is just coming off one of the garage receptacles, then don't try to do a load calc based on todays codes and requirements. If a 100 amp panel has been running the house or over 60 years, I don't think that it would require a 200 amp upgrade.