mnoone
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- Location
- California
- Occupation
- Electrical Engineer
Replacing a GE sub panel that was installed before I was born. It currently has 16 spaces but with multiple remodels coming up I need at least 28, asssuming no tandems are used.
The location can tolerate up to about a 34" high panel. I prefer PON. So that gives me the two contenders as:
QO140L200PG 40 space, 34" high, 200A
or
HOM3060L225PGC 30 space, 34" high, 225A
By my estimates parts cost for the QO for what is currently installed (so not using up all 28 spaces) is $416 while cost for the HOM is $225.
I like QO because it allows denser packing of single breakers (3/4" vs 1" width), has solid copper bus bars (instead of plated aluminum), and has trip indicators. I like HOM because they actually sell tandem breakers (OK technically they sell them for QO but they're $80+ so that's kinda silly). Also HOM seems to generally be more available and is obviously about half the price of QO.
I am inclined to get the QO currently but I want to make sure I'm not missing anything important.
Thank you in advance!
The location can tolerate up to about a 34" high panel. I prefer PON. So that gives me the two contenders as:
QO140L200PG 40 space, 34" high, 200A
or
HOM3060L225PGC 30 space, 34" high, 225A
By my estimates parts cost for the QO for what is currently installed (so not using up all 28 spaces) is $416 while cost for the HOM is $225.
I like QO because it allows denser packing of single breakers (3/4" vs 1" width), has solid copper bus bars (instead of plated aluminum), and has trip indicators. I like HOM because they actually sell tandem breakers (OK technically they sell them for QO but they're $80+ so that's kinda silly). Also HOM seems to generally be more available and is obviously about half the price of QO.
I am inclined to get the QO currently but I want to make sure I'm not missing anything important.
Thank you in advance!