Lady Engineer
Senior Member
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- New Jersey
I am designing the lighting, wp/gfi receptacle, and a outdoor panel for a pravillion. The pravillion has a concrete structure, with columns, and steel reinforcement at the base of the column. The panel will be remote (400 feet away), if I chose to use the existing panel.
Question, if the panel is 400 feet away, is it better to mount a small sub panel to one of the columns, and run a subfeeder to it, or should I just use the existing panel?
My thoughts: I'm thinking run about 4-5 circuits for lighting, and receptacles, and just bumping up the wire sizes for voltage drop. I'm worried about putting in an outdoor panel, grounding it, locating it so kids and animals can't get to it.
What do you think?
Lady
Question, if the panel is 400 feet away, is it better to mount a small sub panel to one of the columns, and run a subfeeder to it, or should I just use the existing panel?
My thoughts: I'm thinking run about 4-5 circuits for lighting, and receptacles, and just bumping up the wire sizes for voltage drop. I'm worried about putting in an outdoor panel, grounding it, locating it so kids and animals can't get to it.
What do you think?
Lady