86turbodsl
Cast Iron
- Joined
- Aug 12, 2004
- Location
- MI, USA
Recently i have been thinking about wiring up my shop for 3 phase loadcenter instead of running cords all over the place one at a time.
I have a 40x64 shop, and 3 phase machines are concentrated in opposite corners, metal and wood don't mix too well, so does it make sense to run the rpc by the main 200A load center and feed a 3ph panel right there for the loads in that corner, and run a subpanel in the other corner of the shop for the wood machines? I have welders and machine tools in one corner and 3ph wood machines in the opposite corner. i think it might be expensive to run circuits from one corner to another?
What's the building size point where subpanels start to make sense?
I have a 40x64 shop, and 3 phase machines are concentrated in opposite corners, metal and wood don't mix too well, so does it make sense to run the rpc by the main 200A load center and feed a 3ph panel right there for the loads in that corner, and run a subpanel in the other corner of the shop for the wood machines? I have welders and machine tools in one corner and 3ph wood machines in the opposite corner. i think it might be expensive to run circuits from one corner to another?
What's the building size point where subpanels start to make sense?