On the thought of two meters.....
We bought a house that at one point had been converted to a two flat and
then back before we bought it. Whe the initial conversion to a two flat
was done, a seperate meter was put in for the electrical only and not
removed when converted back to a single family house. Becuase I have two
meters, I get two bills each month, and thus two monthly "customer
charges" of around $10 per meter. It would cost me close to $2000 (two
different bids) to change the service back to one meter so I would most
likely not recoup that cost from the saved monthly customer charge.
Something to consider when thinking about a seperate service to a shop
or garage.
Tim
On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 11:01 AM, Mark Andy wrote:
> Howdy,
>
> On Thu, 8 Mar 2012, Wayne wrote:
>>> At 09:27 AM 3/8/2012, Ian McFetridge wrote:
>>>> I'm planning to run power to the shop (detached garage) and figured
>>>> it
>>>> would behoove me to get some input from the Shop-talk list.
>>
>> You might try contacting your local power co. and asking about
>> separate service and meter for the garage. Some of them will install
>> it for very little or no cost.
>
> Yep. Ditto a dedicated natural gas line, if that applies. I think
> these companies often understand that making the upfront install a
> little easier means years & years of monthly payments. :-)
>
> Mark
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