Steve Robinson

And so I figured if somebody would know about this, he would know about it.

He also happens to smoke a ton of pot.

And so I called and said, hey, is this something that's happening?

Is this real?

And he was like, oh yeah.

And I could tell just from the tone of his voice that it wasn't just like, oh, yeah, there's some guys up here who are doing this.

It was like, yeah, this is real.

This is common.

This is common.

And he'd been asked to spec some jobs installing 400 amp commercial grade electricity at properties where you don't need 400 amp electricity.

And just to explain the basics of electricity, a lot of the older homes in Maine probably have 500 amp entrances.

100 amps is common as well.

If you have a home where you've got a hot tub and a bunch of mini split heat pumps and all your appliances are running on electricity, you might need 200 amps.

400 amps is commercial grade.

That's like if you've got an auto workshop or some very intense electronics.

That's why you would need a 400 amp entrance.

All of these marijuana grows have 400 amp entrances because the amount of power they need to keep the lights on, for one, but the lights generate heat.

And so they need an abundance of mini split heat pumps, which are air conditioners that can also do heating.

They're common appliances in Maine.

Um, so they need to be able to suck the heat out from the lights to maintain a perfectly stable atmosphere for their marijuana plants.