Many years of knowledge comes in handy when even attempting this mission. Because true series circuit pigged tailed according folded throughout and branch circuit step down Main Breaker is way too much additional work for the assembly line of older Manufactured Housing. Instead a host of backstabbed or blocks of outlets and switches that are intermixed on circuit breakers and loaded to maximum allowable National Electric Code openings of the time if one is lucky enough to find with tone generating the older wiring harness.
Then comes issues of current National Electric Code standards to bring this older Manufactured Housing up to current modern useage as most have only 50 amp 240 volt fuse or breaker protection from utility grid electrical power. Some older Manufactured Housing parks still use these utility connections for Meter Base & Weather Proof Main Breaker protection using the new smart meter tecknowledgey.
A Punch List walk thru numbered itemized with photo issues tells the story of what's wrong and a Material List tells the story of how much the materials will amount to for minimum National Electric Code standards to repair older Manufactured Housing inventory. Then a host of fees for permits, inspections and required documentation,
What is great here by upgrading the electrical wiring to current National Electric Code standards. Is that just do not meet the minimum standards but instead leave quality craftsmanship above code. An example would be to make large 120 volt amperage appliance draw on individual circuit breaker protection using the step down amperage placement to Main Breaker buss bar. There are other above minimum code steps like not mixing outlets and lights on the same branch circuit protection meaning if you trip a outlet you will not knock your lights out.
A number of other steps could also be implemented into this older Manufactured Housing Inventory like solar and wind. Just step back and realize the potential of large communities pumping more electrical power back into the utility grid than they are using. Every home with solar panels facing South and small 48 volt dc wind turbines can be interconnected to make primary voltage to feed transformer voltages is easy to make with SCADA PLC switching control.
Quality inverter dc to ac pure sine wave electrical power is so fast on switching from one source of electrical power to another source of electrical power that computer or clock resets are not necessary.
This is all made possible by island style connection the same type used by utility grids for many years but inner mixed with newer tecknowledgey like the solar and wind. Lets just see how smart these new utility grid smart meters really are with Net Metering. It is every easy to make more electrical power than you are using by using lithium ion battery banking to make massive amounts of electrical power.
Contact D B Electric for your electrical consulting on your older Manufactured Housing Inventory issues.
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