Electrical wiring concern with my PB

[Poolidiot]

"If I did exceed the 200 AMP's the main breaker would trip. That is what it's job is, to prevent an overload. "


I agree that is the breakers "job", BUT I have seen breakers NOT do the job, I have seen an cord break and land in water and the breaker not trip. So although that is a breakers job it does not always do its job right. I just work on the side of safety.

[skamp]

"If I did exceed the 200 AMP's the main breaker would trip. That is what it's job is, to prevent an overload. "


I agree that is the breakers "job", BUT I have seen breakers NOT do the job, I have seen an cord break and land in water and the breaker not trip. So although that is a breakers job it does not always do its job right. I just work on the side of safety.

I agree. I also error on the side of safety. That is why I put in 200 AMP service. I only had 125 before. I upgraded to give me plenty of overhead for the pool equiptment and other stuff. I am sure my 125 AMP service would have provided enough power even with the pool upgrade but I did not want run near capacity.

Steve