Less points of failure at the main, one less breaker, one less spot for some random dude to shut something off. 50 foot isn't all that far unless we are talking about boring through 50 foot of concrete, bonding your ground to the main rather than the sub panel means less chance of you shunting for the subpanel
On Wed, Jul 26, 2017 at 10:54 AM, Paul McCall <[email protected]> wrote: > Electrical opinions wanted. > > > > On a new tower, the main panel is 200ft. away and a harder run to get to > (but doable). > > > > There is a subpanel in a barn 150ft. away. Often we go to the easiest > place, but am taking a step back at all this kind of stuff (you can tell by > my other threads). Regardless, we are going to put our own panel at out > equipment box at the base of the tower, drive our own electrical ground, > install panel protector , bond to the tower, etc. > > > > Is there a reason we would want to be on the main panel (more direct) vs a > subpanel (one hop in the middle but closer) ?? > > > > Paul > > > > Paul McCall, President > > PDMNet, Inc. / Florida Broadband, Inc. > > 658 Old Dixie Highway > > Vero Beach, FL 32962 > > 772-564-6800 <(772)%20564-6800> > > [email protected] > > www.pdmnet.com > > www.floridabroadband.com > > > > >
