On 9/26/2011 10:18 PM, Pete C. wrote:
>
> Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, 27 Sep 2011 01:02:54 +0000 (UTC),
>> (Steve Pope) wrote:
>>
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Mon, 26 Sep 2011 08:01:05 -0500, "Pete >
>>>
>>>>> If you are in the US, in a regular house and have an existing electric
>>>>> range you will most likely have a 40A 240V circuit servicing that range.
>>>>> Buy a new range that requires 40A service or less and there will be no
>>>>> issues.
>>>>
>>>> Most people in the US have the necessary electrical upgrade for that
>>>> sort of thing if they use electric. 220 is pretty much standard.
>>>
>>> Any U.S. house that does not have 220 wiring should be upgraded, which
>>> requires a new service entrance and will cost about $1,000 if you pay
>>> someone to do just that (adding no new circuits).
>>
>> Unless one is a licensed electrician they will be paying. A new
>> service requires a fire underwriters approval which requires a
>> licensed electrician signing off on the work. The utility company
>> won't reattach the service otherwise. Technically the homeowner is
>> not supposed to be messing with adding circuits or doing any wiring
>> without a licensed electrician signing off on the job. People do
>> their own electrical work all the time but they'd best pray they don't
>> have an electrical fire or their homeowners insurance after their
>> inspection finds the fire was started due to code violation they won't
>> pay.
>
> This is true in your unfortunate location, it is not at all true in most
> states. Where I live there are no requirements at all - no permits, no
> inspections, no anything.

Actually it isn't true in NY (no surprise coming from Shelden).

Any homeowner can take out a permit, do the work and then pay an
underwriter to inspect the work. This outfit is probably the biggest and
most common one:

http://www.bureauveritas.com

When they approve the work they issue a "cut in card" to the electric
utility.