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More Questions about Dedicated Circuits

I had an electrician install a 60 amp subpanel in my garage, which is below my audio room. I am having him install 4 circuits to the audio room, (2)20 amp and (2)15 amp.

I told him that all 4 circuits need to be all on the same phase(leg) of the panel. He seems reluctant to do it, saying that it would put things out of balance and cause problems, etc. I tried to explain to him that I'm told (here on A-Gon) that it is better for the audio system, but I am not able to explain why. There will be no other circuits in the panel.

My first question is, will 4 circuits on one side of the subpanel and no circuits on the other side of the subpanel cause any problems. Does anyone else have it set-up this way?

My second question is, why is it a problem to split the circuits, 2 to each side of the subpanel?

My electrician is coming back to wire this up this Wednesday 4/28. Any assistance is appreciated.

Thanks,
Rick
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shasta
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>>Putting everything on one leg throws off the balancing of your panel and taxes the neutral conductor big time.<<
Correct, and a NEC violation on top of it. Though I'd submit that it actually taxes the particular phase leg in question, with the resultant voltage sags as a problem.

>>It always amazes me when people at this web-site give advise on subjects they no nothing about. Man I've heard some doozies here when it comes to electrical installations.<<
Amen, a hundred times over... Isolated ground rods, cheater plugs, non-listed AC filtering devices, on and on. I'd rather ask how to cut my own hair here, than wire up "dedicated circuits."
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