Sub Panel hook up Question??


This may have been answered but- I just ordered the Equitech 10Q subpanel-Does it matter if you hook it up next to your main panel and then run long runs of 10 guage romex or am I better off hooking it up in the closet in my stereo room and use shorter runs of 10 guage?? thanks,gary
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Showing 1 response by nsgarch

I'd keeo the BP panel close to the devices it serves. If that puts it far away from your main panel, just use something like 8AWG between them. And even if you use Romex instead of pulling separate wires, it's nice to run it in steel flex conduit to protect it from RFI/EMI.

Another trick just suggested to me (and which seems to actually do something!!) is to attach a small sheet (say 5" x 11") of Stillpoints' ERS to the back of your fuse/breaker panel door and also the sub panel door. Really traps RFI.