how to draw power equally?

Question

i have a 2-storey shop (both shop has 1 electricity meter), recently i used my top floor (second floor) to build a room by connecting electric from my 2 shops, but i realized the power mostly from first floor based on the meter reading, how to draw power equally from my first and ground floor shop?

Second floor is disallow from install an electricity meter, i am not meaning that 2 shops' meter must the same, currently 80% of second floor power is from first floor, so how to increase electric transmission from ground floor? or reduce absorbtion from first floor?

Answer 1

The only way is to have an electrician install another meter base and run two seperate services.

To draw equal power you will have to pull the same number of amperes on both shops for the same period of time. This would equate to the same KWH. This will not happen if one is an office and one is a shop with heavy electrical load. Good luck

Answer 2

The best way is to run primary wiring from the origional meter center or breaker panel box to a secondary panel containing the breakers for the addition. You can install a 100 amp main breaker in the origional box and feed the secondary box with primary wiring (3/0) and then distribute power from the 2nd box via 15 or 20 amp breakers. You should not feed more than 6 outlets from a 15 amp breaker and not more than 8 from a 20 amp under normal operating conditions. If shop appliances such as grinders or small electric bench tools are used frequently, I would limit outlets to 4 per circuit.

Always install wiring in proper raceways or conduit if exposed to physical damage.