Electrician

[JHOV2324]

Ok the light in my apartment keeps going out which of course is affecting my aquariums. We keep changing the fuses and they keep burning out when we use the a/c. Now here is the info that i got from my roomate, apparently the building is very old so we need to have our electricity converted into a 220W, but that's not all, because its so old the apartment may have to be rewired which shouldn't be that bad because we don't have many outlets anyway. So if anyone knows a good electrician or is one and would like to come check out my problem please let me know. I'm willing to pay for the service if reasonable as well as supply choice of beer. :biggrin:

 

[inkblue]

eaRth caLLing fRY...

 

[FRY]

you mean you need a new service into the building 100amps 208 volt sevice min,do you own the building and i dont have that amount of time to do this sorry ,were in brooklyn is it

frank

 

[JHOV2324]

I'm in Bushwick, no I don't own the building but i can get authorization.

 

[JHOV2324]

I really dont know the exact problem, but basically we got a new a/c 8,000 btu and that's when the power started to go out, i have a 5,000 btu in my room but when the 8,000 is on i leave mine off, the 8,000 will run good with no problem but then in the middle of the night or early in the morning it will burn the fuses. If you have an idea on what the problem is how much would this costs.

 

[FRY]

to install new service for 3 family house is about $3000 then you need the panel install in the apt. with electric wireing and then outlets install your talking a lot of money and you dont own the building,the landloard should pay for this,sorry i just dont have the time to do this amount of work

frank

 

[FRY]

how many fuse you have for the apt

 

[JHOV2324]

2 it's the old school fuses, the little round ones they say 20 amps

 

[SlamaJama]

frank do u have any1 u know that can do this...

 

[JHOV2324]

well it's a six family home but cant i just get service on my apartment only

 

[FRY]

what about the meter in the basement you have one fuse there is it 30amp

 

[JHOV2324]

no, before they were both 15, so we put in two 20 amps, how bout installing a line just for a/c's. cause the apartment was running good until we got the a/c's

 

[FRY]

six family thats even more the service has to be larger ,if the service was large enough con ed might let you install a separate meter for yourself (might)can you take a pic of the service in the basement

 

[FRY]

the meter might only be 30 amp

 

[fishguttz]

Are you sure both ACs aren't running off of only one of the fuses?

If they are, check which outlets run to which fuse and plug the ACs into outlets that are on separate fuses.

This may solve your problem.

 

[FRY]

you have 2 fuse turn one off and see whats off it then put it back on and turn off the second fuse and see whats off that fuse

 

[JHOV2324]

The a/c's are on opposite sides of the apartment, the system is very old, the owner before the new one started to install new service and the guy on the first floor has the box with the switches, we still have the fuses, one lady on the 3rd floor has a separate box and fuse that says a/c.

 

[FRY]

you mean box with breakers, let me see if i can find someone to do this

 

[JHOV2324]

i think one of our main problems is also that we do not have that many outlets, 2 in the kitchen, 1 in my room, 1 in the living room, everything else is powered through extension cords.

 

[JHOV2324]

if someone could just come take a look so we can better understand what needs to be done, then that would be cool,