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>It has been the standard for quite a few years, and I cannot imagine only having 100A service in a proper house 100A service is fairly normal here for smaller
by carcostthrow 4y ago
>It has been the standard for quite a few years, and I cannot imagine only having 100A service in a proper house
100A service is fairly normal here for smaller homes. As heating here is primarily done by natural gas furnaces rather then electrical heating. Which make sense; gas is way cheaper to heat with here then electricity. And it saves a dollar for the developer.
I don't know about larger homes though; I'd imagine that they'd have 200A circuits but it wouldn't surprise me if they didn't unless the builder specifically requested it.
- brianwawok 4y agoI cannot find any new homes with smaller than 150. What I have seen is: Smaller House: Default 150, pay a little more to get 200 Bigger House: Default 200, pay a little more to get 2x200
- carcostthrow 4y agoI'm in Canada in the prairies, so that might be making a difference. Where are you looking at?
- brianwawok 4y agoUS Midwest
- kennend3 4y agoI live in a large home (~5,600 square feet) in the "Greater Toronto area" built in 2000. I have a 100A service. This has never been a problem for us. Stove, furnace, and dryer are gas. So the only "power hungry" device we have is our Air Conditioner.