Forum Overview :: American McGee's Honda Civic :: Understand the real issue

[quote name="Commander Tansin A. Darcos"]I know what a breaker box is; there is a secondary unit in my room in addition to the master breaker in the basement. From where I am sitting it is about 6 feet to my right. It has 2 rows of 14 switch plates, allowing up to 28 standard single-throw breakers. It has 9 installed on the right, 4 top, 5 bottom, and 8 installed by the left, 4 and 4. What I am saying that if a typical house has 200 amp service and you boost that to an additional 70 amps that's a big increase in power consumption, especially since the breakers currently installed cover maximum permissible draw. The house might only normally draw 3/4 of limit, or 175 amps. A 70-amp draw for an electric car is a big load and could be a problem when the neighborhood is near capacity and 2-3 electyric cars draw the equivalent of a brande new house suddenly appearing on the grid. [/quote]