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On a house?
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480 volt stadium lighting for the kitchen lights! 
Get a tan while cooking spaghetti.
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08-04-2012, 12:43 PM
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There are many just like that in the areas around where I live, especially along the beachfront. I've seen a few places with a $10k a month electric bill to go along with those houses.
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With today's insulation and heating system an electric bill should be nowhere near that. My builders just finished a 12000+ sq.ft house and the total utility bill for the house has not been over $300-- that's all utilities.
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08-04-2012, 01:14 PM
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1200A single phase.
27,000 sq. ft. Home.
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08-04-2012, 01:30 PM
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600 amp
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08-04-2012, 02:30 PM
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I've heard of guys working on homes so large that the AC units were small commercial cooling towers and the service was actually switchgear. Never had the privilege of seeing it, though.
-John
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08-04-2012, 02:37 PM
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13.2 primary with 1200 amp 3 phase secondary
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08-04-2012, 02:46 PM
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Did they own the pad-mount? I'm having trouble envisioning how you could bring 13.8kV into a residence.... "Here's your new home: the bonus room, the pool, and this is the shotgun stick you'll be using every time you blow a primary fuse." 
-John
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08-04-2012, 03:02 PM
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I want to know what these people do or did for a living. Always wonder that about super big homes.
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08-04-2012, 03:16 PM
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1600 amp 3ph. The owner is old railroad money. The "house" had an elevator and the reading room on the third floor the windows rolled down. Crazy place, my first coffee break there I got lost.
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08-04-2012, 03:33 PM
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I've heard of guys working on homes so large that the AC units were small commercial cooling towers and the service was actually switchgear. Never had the privilege of seeing it, though.
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I worked at one like that, it was a huge house on a horse farm. 1200a service
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08-04-2012, 08:23 PM
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600a 3 phase for a restaurant
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08-04-2012, 08:32 PM
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I want to know what these people do or did for a living. Always wonder that about super big homes.
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They grow medical marijuwana
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08-04-2012, 08:50 PM
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I want to know what these people do or did for a living. Always wonder that about super big homes.
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They design, manufacture and sell AFCI breakers.
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08-04-2012, 09:47 PM
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600a 3 phase for a restaurant
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A residential restaurant?
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08-04-2012, 09:47 PM
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The "house" I worked at the owner was a Senior Exec for Motorola.
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08-04-2012, 09:50 PM
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Had one that was 800.
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08-04-2012, 10:57 PM
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1600 amps single phase
condos
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08-04-2012, 11:28 PM
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I want to know what these people do or did for a living. Always wonder that about super big homes.
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There plumbing and HVAC contractors.
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08-05-2012, 12:47 AM
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Quote:
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I want to know what these people do or did for a living. Always wonder that about super big homes.
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The one I did was for a developer, he lived near Liz Taylor, The Kennedy's and Arthur Godfrey in MiddleBurg VA.
He later did 3 years in jail for tax evasion.
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08-05-2012, 01:32 AM
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