I'm lucky. I have an electrician that will basically charge me material cost for anything I want done. Which is great considering I'm barely "handy" as it is.
If I want 200amp service upgraded to 300 or 400, anybody have a guesstimate what to expect as far as permits go? I'll be asking my electric company this question... once I get an idea of the answer for this next question.
I live in a fairly residential area. A street south of me is a fairly commercial zone, two streets north is another commercial zone. I'm wondering what kind of luck I'd have in asking/telling the electric co. that I want to open a shop, commercial business, or "legal grow" operation at an owned home.
If I tell the electric co. that I'm opening a woodworking shop, does that result in some sort of inspections? (bad, considering there is no woodworking shop). If I tell them about a legal grow operation, is that, like I'm assuming, just a bad idea all around?
I do have an LLC opened in my name that's not doing anything. I'm not sure if that'd be a good option for paying a commercial electric bill or would, again, result in some kind of inspections.
As implied above, I'm looking into upgrading to 300 or 400 amp service and wouldn't mind paying a commercial rate. I just didn't want to throw out the wrong kind of business if it could be helped
EDIT: I fully realize the answers to any/all of these questions may depend on my location. I'll chime back in a couple days or so with the results.
If I want 200amp service upgraded to 300 or 400, anybody have a guesstimate what to expect as far as permits go? I'll be asking my electric company this question... once I get an idea of the answer for this next question.
I live in a fairly residential area. A street south of me is a fairly commercial zone, two streets north is another commercial zone. I'm wondering what kind of luck I'd have in asking/telling the electric co. that I want to open a shop, commercial business, or "legal grow" operation at an owned home.
If I tell the electric co. that I'm opening a woodworking shop, does that result in some sort of inspections? (bad, considering there is no woodworking shop). If I tell them about a legal grow operation, is that, like I'm assuming, just a bad idea all around?
I do have an LLC opened in my name that's not doing anything. I'm not sure if that'd be a good option for paying a commercial electric bill or would, again, result in some kind of inspections.
As implied above, I'm looking into upgrading to 300 or 400 amp service and wouldn't mind paying a commercial rate. I just didn't want to throw out the wrong kind of business if it could be helped
EDIT: I fully realize the answers to any/all of these questions may depend on my location. I'll chime back in a couple days or so with the results.
