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    crips66 Posts: 4, Reputation: 1
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    Dec 29, 2006, 03:45 PM
    Electric panels
    This Is The Problem I Am Having I Have Two Electrical Panels In Side The House. The First Panel Is A 125 Maxium Rateing Murray & The Other Panel Is A Ge Panel Rated 120/240 Ac 3 Wire 125 Ampere The Murray Panel Has The Stove & Water Heater Wired To It.the Other Panel Has 20 Amp 30 Amp Breakers On It Will Not Put Out For 240 Volts Both Panels Are Being Fed By A 200 Amp Seimns Panel On The Outside By The Meter Wired With Two 60 Amp Breakers One To Each Panel Inside The House Central Air/heat Wired To 60 Amp Breaker In Seimns Panel .ge Panel Is Not Holding 240 When I Tried To Wire Water Heater & Dryer To It.that Is Why I Had To Place Water Heater On The Murray Panel And I Was Wondering Can I Place The Dryer On The Murray Panel To.
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    Dec 29, 2006, 06:06 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by crips66
    This Is The Problem I Am Haveing I Have Two Electrical Panels In Side The House. The First Panel Is A 125 Maxium Rateing Murray & The Other Panel Is A Ge Panel Rated 120/240 Ac 3 Wire 125 Ampere The Murray Panel Has The Stove & Water Heater Wired To It.the Other Panel Has 20 Amp 30 Amp Breakers On It Will Not Put Out For 240 Volts Both Panels Are Being Fed By A 200 Amp Seimns Panel On The Outside By The Meter Wired With Two 60 Amp Breakers One To Each Panel Inside The House Central Air/heat Wired To 60 Amp Breaker In Seimns Panel .ge Panel Is Not Holding 240 When I Tried To Wire Water Heater & Dryer To It.that Is Why I Had To Place Water Heater On The Murray Panel And I Was Wondering Can I Place The Dryer On The Murray Panel To.
    I am not sure what is an Electrical Panels so I will try my best to tell you. I would say no because it might be dangerous. Don't take my advise. Okay
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    Dec 29, 2006, 07:16 PM
    What do you mean by "Is Not Holding 240".

    I wish you had explained this before.

    The problem is not the 125 amp panel, that is irrelevant, the issue is the 60 amp breaker feeding it.
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    Dec 30, 2006, 05:51 AM
    I needed to follow-up to my first answer, as I caught it when I had no time to answer completely, and I did ask the question about your statement "Is Not Holding 240", but have not seen your answer.

    Disregard my previous answer regarding the capacity of you "125 Amp panel", since now you explain that you have two 125 amp panels, and each is protected by a 60 amp breaker, therefore all you have is two 60 amp panels, fed by a 200 amp panel.

    Each panel, or at least one, if I follow you correctly, is over loaded and the 60 amp breaker cannot handle the added load of the dryer.

    Is it possible to feed the new dryer from the 200 amp panel?
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