I have mentioned this before, but I'm all about the sub panel for most houses now. Nothing more tedious and annoying then making up a 40 space full/mostly full panel with mostly AFCI's. Kill self
I like sub-panels too. For a multi-story house that often is easier than running all of the circuits from the basement or garage. In my house everything came from a single panel in the basement. A sub for the second floor would have been much easier. I ended up adding a sub-panel in the garage because the garage circuit was only 15 amps and my compressor would trip the breaker about every third or fourth time it started.
That's exactly what it does.
I'm not sure what you're accomplishing, unless a subpanel makes some of your circuits disappear
Can I ask how?
I don't know. All I know is I mention the word sub panel and a bunch of the branch circuits disappear
It sounds like you're saying if you use only one 40 space panel you need 42 spaces. But if you put in a subpanel now you only need 26 spaces altogetherI don't know. All I know is I mention the word sub panel and a bunch of the branch circuits disappear
ah a cost factor makes HO or GC rethink adding all those circuitsI don't know. All I know is I mention the word sub panel and a bunch of the branch circuits disappear
I like the 2 pole tandem for a lot of these. Get a 30/50 for a dryer/range, a 20/30 for a pump/Water Heater, a 20/50 for a pump and EV and 6 becomes 3.
This. #2 SER AL is $1.71/ft. 12/2 NM-B is .40/foot. When you start hitting 5 or 6 home runs to the same area, a sub panel starts making sense.
I used 75' #1/0 Al SER for my garage sub-panel I think it was about $1/ft.
It's $2.72./ft at the supply house today. AL wire has been jumping up in price lately, almost 20% in the last few months. Interestingly copper jumped up, but then came back down.
Yes, you add a sub panel, and the TOTAL number of branch circuits in the house goes down. Why is this so hard to understand??It sounds like you're saying if you use only one 40 space panel you need 42 spaces. But if you put in a subpanel now you only need 26 spaces altogether
Contractors used to following plans & permits, can’t fathom SNAFU, SWAG & OTF wiring.
I must confess that I don't get it. What changes besides possibly some circuit lengths?
Humor me I don't understand.
Should have see that coming. Please disregard dark humor
I was seriously concerned about your mental health there for a moment!I guess I need to say I'm joking guys. We were talking about tandems, AFCI, not being able to use tandems etc. I said I like to add a sub to reduce the #, of circuits. Yes that's the number of circuits in the main
I've wired some that I wish I would have added a sub because I maxed out the one panel.I guess I need to say I'm joking guys. We were talking about tandems, AFCI, not being able to use tandems etc. I said I like to add a sub to reduce the #, of circuits. Yes that's the number of circuits in the main
