I cheated. The main panel was full, obsolete and buried in the bedroom wall.
Split off from the 230V/40A oven line and ran 6/3 in the crawl space up to a subpanel in a closet. Dual 15A breakers to the 5KVA transformer and have "balanced" AC on both sides. Since 230 has two 115V hots, I had two more breakers for normal 115, all going into one big gang box. Used a GFI outlet for the balanced AC. Out of the subpanel, I used 12/2 BX and 10/4 cabtire to the tranny. As long as I don't blast the stereo while baking the Christmas turkey, the breakers are fine. The results were dead quiet even though it's not truly dedicated.
subpanel/breakers - about $100
30' 6/3 romex - $120
20A GFI outlet/ 4 ground splices/ rubber tape/ misc - $100
used tranny - $100 + $100 shipping
The rest was lying around
Considering that I have two Plinius SA100's (5A each) and the Genesis servo amp (1600W), I need lots of power.
Split off from the 230V/40A oven line and ran 6/3 in the crawl space up to a subpanel in a closet. Dual 15A breakers to the 5KVA transformer and have "balanced" AC on both sides. Since 230 has two 115V hots, I had two more breakers for normal 115, all going into one big gang box. Used a GFI outlet for the balanced AC. Out of the subpanel, I used 12/2 BX and 10/4 cabtire to the tranny. As long as I don't blast the stereo while baking the Christmas turkey, the breakers are fine. The results were dead quiet even though it's not truly dedicated.
subpanel/breakers - about $100
30' 6/3 romex - $120
20A GFI outlet/ 4 ground splices/ rubber tape/ misc - $100
used tranny - $100 + $100 shipping
The rest was lying around
Considering that I have two Plinius SA100's (5A each) and the Genesis servo amp (1600W), I need lots of power.