kustomizingkid
Titanium
- Joined
- Aug 2, 2010
- Location
- Minnesota
So I have been renovating and setting up my shop. The previous owner/s were hacks of the highest degree. I basically gutted the entire buildings wiring. What hasn't been gutted will be as I have been working through things one circuit at a time and unfucking it. I have 240 high leg three phase which is awesome, no converters to deal with. Whats not awesome is I'm out of breaker spots already for the current single phase circuits. I rewired the box and left room for two 3 phase breakers. I am thinking at this point a sub panel is the way to go. I have 8 pieces of 3 phase equipment that I need to wire up and plan to add a CNC lathe and mill into the mix in the next year.
Current panel is 200amp. Just looking for recommendations from people who have shops before I blindly trust the electrician.
I am mostly done with fixing the hackery but want to figure out my sub panel before moving forward any further. The other reason for wanting to go the sub panel route is this panel is on the opposite side of the building and next to a garage door and running conduit to the machines means going over the garage door which is annoying. Current equipment is a knee mill, two lathes, a shear, horizontal and vertical band saws and a drill press. Want to be prepped to add a 3ph air compressor, cnc mill and cnc lathe.
Current panel is 200amp. Just looking for recommendations from people who have shops before I blindly trust the electrician.
I am mostly done with fixing the hackery but want to figure out my sub panel before moving forward any further. The other reason for wanting to go the sub panel route is this panel is on the opposite side of the building and next to a garage door and running conduit to the machines means going over the garage door which is annoying. Current equipment is a knee mill, two lathes, a shear, horizontal and vertical band saws and a drill press. Want to be prepped to add a 3ph air compressor, cnc mill and cnc lathe.
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