I used to move Houses [not just mobile homes I did that also] real full sizzzzz HOUSES, where I used all types of heavy machenry everything from a hand shovel to a motor grader even a 200 foot crane, I was also a forman plowing cable and house drops for the phone company among many other type construction jobs. The first and only ones you should ask this question to is your local Building Inspector, Fire Marshall and the Health Inspector,,, each of them will know the answer according to the codes in your area. It is not weather you place them in the same trench, ditch or what ever you want to call that hole you make in the ground,,,,, the real question should be, what is the legal spacing between them,, the depth and what other safety measures do you need as well, since you are placing the two of them together Id say that they will tell you at least 3 foot deep, and will also probably tell you that the electric will need to be piped with PVC etc. if that close to a gas line, and going into the ground from what ever box it goes into on each end. I will tell you this,, If you are cutting through roots rock and other debree, it is easy to cut through a gas line or electric wires with a machine and not even notice it. Even if they are 2 foot apart and some one comes in with a ditcher, trencher, cable plow, back hoe or what ever CROSSING them and cut them both, the gas will escape and when the power line is cut [and possably even after it is cut] I'll assure you that it will spark,,, now you will probably have a fire. It is nearly impossable to put out a natural or LP gas fire untill a shut off valve is closed... If that operator didn't know the utulites were there they more than likely will not know where to turn the gas off either. Even if they were spaced 10 foot apart. Gas has little limit of how far or how fast it spreads, the wind and confinement has a lot to do with that. If a gas line is cut by a cable plow and then 10 foot later it cuts the electric lines the gas is sorta confined in the small trench and follow the plow and now its like the gas line is laying beside the electric line only you have the whole trench full of gas plus what seaped out,,,,, now we are talking about explosion!!! I would rather be watching from a distance than operating either of those machines at that time Since you are talking about two items that you do not really want screwing up while laying beside the other,,,, The farther apart they are, the better,,, the deeper is even more better. BUT you do not want to get so deep that it is unsafe to be in the trench, OSHAs law states you have to have a cave in protector if over 4 foot deep or "if the ground is so week that cave in is possible". Now that I have you scared to [almost] death,,,, if you haven't made up your mind, get on the phone, all three numbers should be in the yellow pages. good luck - PS,,, I'll bet you would never even think trenching in gas and power to your shop would be this complex did you???

As stated above, it is the trouble caused with the spark ignitor that can occur if you are on a circuit with other items switching on and off - microwave especially. Doesn't spark when it is turned off, just doesn't always spark right when turned on. GFI circuits can also be a problem. Making sure the polarity and ground are correct is another key when running a new circuit. You're right, there really isn't a lot of current for most of the parts. 40 watt light less than 1/2 amp. Convection oven fan less than 1 amp. Spark ignitors negligible. Like said just above, the oven coils are the culprit - about 3 amps each. The OP said this was a 48 RNB. At least two could be on at the same time - 1 each oven. Depending on config, up to four since the same lighter is used for griddles and grills too. The new circuit being 20 amps is not overkill. Must be at least 15. Many codes require kitchen circuits to be 20.

Seems our water heater was mfd. in Dec of '96. Given it's age and lack of care (the P.O. was very advanced in years) I'm guessing that this h/w is at the end of it's service life. We're addressing a gas line right now that the P.O. partially covered when they roughly built a porch in the back yard, since the gas co is flipping out we may ultimately go with a gas W/H depending on what we learn in the meantime.

"What do you consider to be high bills? What is your kilowatt per hour charge. As an example, mine is $.1382" That's nasty. My rate is $.0608, less than half yours. We don't have any nuclear, coal, or oil based generation. Our province uses 98% renewable hydro generation, with 2% wind generation. We do have 2 backup natural gas fueled steam generators, but they are only for emergencies. We also export power to Saskatchewan, Ontario, Minnesota and North Dakota. That's one major benefit of living in Canada. Two more huge hydro electric generating stations are due for construction in the next 20 years. We'll never have to worry about electricity shortages for the next 100 years at least.