Hey Greg, I'm so glad you all had a good soaking rain today!!! Only wish that I could take the credit!!! LOL...But we all know who really deserves the credit... Mother Nature of course!!! as well as the big guy upstairs!!! We did receive a great shower this afternoon...so I quickly put out my rain barrals and placed them under the eaves. Within 15 minutes or so they were full...so of course I had to grab a few (6) of my five gallon buckets to fillup as well...The only problem was that the showers were so off ond on that I had to stay on the rain collection duty...Yes, I was completely soaked...Only plant lovers would do this for them right? I know that my neighbors wonder what I'm up to sometimes...but it's good for them to keep them guessing!!! LOL...Now I have collected in a matter of 45 minutes...70 gallons of rainwater. I guess it was worth getting drenched for that amount of water!!! It will be gone in a couple of days with this intense heat we are having...but I loved doing it today...I felt like a kid again!!! Hope that the storms that are forcasted for tommorow will reach you again...Put out those barrals!!! I'll be waiting to hear if you collected any amounts Greg!!! :) How are your Hardy Hibiscus doing? The Agaves? Enjoy the rest of your summer... Take care everyone!!! Laura in VB

"It has two 250v, 50,000amp (rod shaped) fuses inside (these numbers are printed on the fuses themselves). When the switch is thrown on this box it shuts off power to everything, the main house, the barn, everything. I believe this box is bieng fed by the two 125amp breakers from the main panel." --Some error here, can't be a 50,000 amp fuse. --I believe you're probably right, the two 125 amp breakers are providing 220V power to the box on the second pole, which in turn powers the house. I'm guessing the second box on the pole ["barn, outlet"] takes its feed from the other one (on the same pole) with the 2 "50,000 amp" fuses, right. I'm guessing like you, the 2 50 amp breakers on the meter pole are the source of power for the mobile home. Turn them off and retest all the wires and the RV hookup at the mobile home. Figuring out which breaker controls a circuit is usually just a matter of shutting off the breaker and testing outlets.

Mobile homes are NOT built under the NEC, but a separate HUD code that governs everything from framing to wiring and plumbing. In wall taps are allowed (without boxes) and a lot of other shortcuts that would never be allowed by the NEC. Arguably it produces a lower cost, and mobile homes are not intended to have a very long life. The breakers are inverse-time, so they have both a heater for tripping on small overloads and a magnetic trip for short circuits. The heater portion does produce some heat, it is needed to actuate the breaker for smaller but longer term overloads. If the breakers are near rated capacity they can get warm.

Don't forget that the rates have gone up dramatically and the baseline has gone down. The baseline wouldn't cover a house half the size of yours. Also, they are adding a monthly penalty starting 1/2018. We had three huge panels and still jumped to tier 4 almost immediately. Prior to solar, our summer costs exceeded $1200/mth, after solar the highest was $950. I'd check the seer rating on the ac, that is probably contributing. Also, you can get an exemption if someone in the household has a disability that requires greater consumption