[Woodworkers] I put in an offer...

Thu Jun 8 15:51:15 PDT 2023

By the way I wish you luck, I didn’t want to come off all negative.  I just have had a bad start to the year.  Our “cheap” NW power took a $35.00 a month jump this year so I couldn’t imagine what an 800 amp service would cost.  It usually only goes up a few bucks ☹

Very interesting pictures.  3 incoming conduits would be a clue of 3 phase.  Orange, yellow, brown phase tape on the wires would also be a clue it is 3 phase.  But the black and blue phase tape could be single phase but it might be 277.  277 is good for lighting but not much else.

Did the druggies gut that or the former owners?  That kind of looks like it was disassembled not gutted by somebody that didn’t care.  I wonder if there was some kind of fancy switch gear in there?

You could always rent one of them out for boat or vehicle storage ☺

From: Steve Bigelow
Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2023 3:02 PM
To: woodworkers at sawdusters.org
Cc: Dave Heitstuman <DaveH at sphcontrols.com>
Subject: Re: [Woodworkers] I put in an offer...

Well, Dave, the druggies got to the electrical, so I'm not sure if it is 3 phase. Might be? All of the panels are like this, although the 400A x 2 panels have much bigger wiring. The power bill was about $20k per month when this was up and running. (Indoor grow operation). I did check with the county and all of the appropriate permits were pulled. To be honest, I think I'm going to go solar with this for at least the shops, with generator backup. The two bigger shops have full southern exposure.

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Here's a picture of the bigger shop
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Regards,
-Steve
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On Thu, Jun 8, 2023 at 2:12 PM Dave Heitstuman via Woodworkers <woodworkers at lists.sawdusters.org<mailto:woodworkers at lists.sawdusters.org>> wrote:
House in the country.  Check
Built in the 30’s but updated Check*
165 X 68 shop.  HOLY SH…….   I’d have to leave a trail of wood chips to find my way out
150 x 55 shop.  Now your just rubbing it in
800A service?  That might be a bit spooky.  Is it 3 phase?  Either way the power bill might be enough to scare me away.  Up here once you jump to 400 amp service the monthly base goes up fairly significantly so I’d hate to think what 800 would be.  3 phase could put you into demand charges which can double your bill for the month if you use over a set base of power at any given time during the month.  Average homeowner would probably never hit that amount but the base for 3 phase is probably fairly high as well.

*Fully updated by a licensed contractor(S) Having seen some of the stuff done by house flippers anymore I would be leery unless all the permits are there showing it was inspected and approved.

From: Woodworkers On Behalf Of Steve Bigelow via Woodworkers
Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2023 9:30 AM
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Cc: Steve Bigelow <sbig333 at gmail.com<mailto:sbig333 at gmail.com>>
Subject: [Woodworkers] I put in an offer...

I just put in an offer on a house in the country this morning. The house was built in 1930, so a bit older, but it was remodeled a few years back and updated. Unfortunately, druggies broke in and ripped out most of the fixtures and all of the appliances.

The property also comes with some decent shop space. 165x68 ft. I might just have a big enough shop at that point.... Hmmm. Was that a factor?

It also has a smaller 150x55 ft shop as well if I don't have enough room in the bigger space, and then there is a 3 car garage plus an RV storage with two stalls.

Both shops are wired for 800A service.

There are multiple offers already on the house, so crossing my fingers.

Regards,
Steve
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