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Senior Member
- Location
- Inside the Beltway
- Occupation
- Engineer
In a large residence with some 3-ph loads, such as pool pumps, HVAC, shop tools.... must all the breaker panels be 3-phase?
Or could those feeding the ordinary 120V lighting, utility outlets etc. be run-of-the-mill 120/240 ones; off 2 of the phases? There would be multiple such panels and we could stagger such to balance the loading/phase.
Reason is the electrician called out a significant cost difference in the panels.
Or could those feeding the ordinary 120V lighting, utility outlets etc. be run-of-the-mill 120/240 ones; off 2 of the phases? There would be multiple such panels and we could stagger such to balance the loading/phase.
Reason is the electrician called out a significant cost difference in the panels.