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Has anyone compared using a sub breaker panel near the stereo compared to dedicated circuits . I will be starting from scratch soon and was wondering if this approach is worth the effort .
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I know of quite a few people who have done this. You can run a splitter from the main line and run a 100 amp service to your auxiliary panel. Even a small panel will give you enough breaker to insure that all lines are on the same phase. You also can run a double run of hook up wire so that you have one line per outlet ( splitting the duplex into two).Stu
Edits: 03/07/11
I have not done it. Having said that, Not sure why anyone would want to go with the sub panel option, unless they ran out of room in their main panel. All you are going to do is add more contact points and some extra wiring between the source and load.
John... The reason I was considering doing things this way was one of the folks at Stereophile a while back had gone from dedicated circuits to a dedicated panel and claimed better results . As far as adding more wire this would not be the case , there would be one heavy gauge wire instead of a gaggle of 10 or 12 gauge wires , about 55 feet each . There would be one extra connection at the sub box , but that box would be located in a machine room right behind the front wall , could almost plug the power cords into it . Iv'e only heard of one person doing this and would like to confirm . Electricians are of little help as they are only concerned with the amount of power draw .
I guess you could do that then. The only thing I would think may be a factor would be the heavier wire required to run a sub panel over that same distance.
If you had a long distance, say a few hundred feet, I could maybe understand the concept, and the benefit. But 50-60 feet, not too sure about. It could be true, but would have to hear it to believe it.
Other option would be to run 6 ga or 8 ga wire runs from the breaker to a junction box that is close to your audio room. Then run 12 ga. short runs to the outlets that power your rig.
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