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    fridgq Posts: 3, Reputation: 1
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    Nov 13, 2008, 07:32 PM
    Refrigerator on 60 Amp main? What does this mean.
    I have a refrigerator in my garage that has been plugged into a wall socket with an
    Extension cord for several years. It draws 12 amps. The only circuit breaker that shuts off this socket is a 60 amp main.

    I want to move the fridge to the opposite wall but the socket there is controlled by a 15 amp breaker that has at least 3 amps of lights already so I am pushing the limit.

    Is my best bet to have an electrician put another socket drawing from the one from the 60 amp socket on the other wall?
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    Missouri Bound Posts: 1,532, Reputation: 94
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    Nov 13, 2008, 08:08 PM
    Nope
    Theis refrigerator needs to be (should be) on 20 amp circuit... no more, no less. And your 60 amp service just isn't adequate for today's electrical needs. You need a major upgrade.
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    Nov 14, 2008, 06:38 AM

    The current (no pun intended) minimum service is 100 amps for a residence.

    However, if you are going incur the cost of upgrading to 100 amp, you might as well upgrade to 200 amp and be done with it.

    By the Way, this is a residence, isn't it? Its not mobile home is it? If it is a mobile home, then different rules apply.
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    Nov 14, 2008, 07:42 PM

    Mobile homes usually have 200 amp service in them.
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    Nov 14, 2008, 08:57 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by twinkiedooter View Post
    Mobile homes usually have 200 amp service in them.
    All of them?
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    Nov 21, 2008, 02:52 PM

    I didn't see where he said his house was supplied by a 60 amp main. Possibly a separate garage with 60 amp subpanle or something.

    fridgq, clarify the status of this 60 amp main please.
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