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High Amp service versus low

Aple Newtons on January 9, 2010 | 1125 Views

So you only pay for the electricity you use, we all 'know' that. However, the question is, is there a small amount - due to increased resistance - of lost efficiency if one is running the same appliances off 100AMP service instead of 200AMP service?

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