Re: New Basement Shop Dust Concerns

The only reasons I'd think of putting a sub-panel in for a workspace like
this are:

1) The room with the current electrical panel is a long ways away, to the
point of being inconvenient/unsafe. For a garage or out-building, this is
more important. If you're in the basement, and the existing panel is one
room over, there's no real advantage.

or

2) I'm out of space with the current panel. If you don't have room to put
enough new breakers in your existing box, you don't have many options, so
you might as well put in a new sub-panel instead of putting in a bigger main
panel.

or

3) I'm putting in a bunch of circuits. It would be easier (probably) to
run one large wire over to the new space, and then run the new circuits from
there, instead of running a bunch of wires to the existing panel. But in a
17x18 room, there may not be that much of an advantage. How many circuits
do you plan on adding? I'm thinking 1 for lights, one or two for 120v, and
one or two for 240v. I would definately put your lights on a different
circuit than the tools; nothing like blowing a breaker, being put in the
dark, but still hearing the saw blade whirring down... Never happened to
me, but I can imagine it not being fun.

All this is IMHO, YMMV, etc. For what it's worth, putting in a sub-panel is
not much more difficult than putting in a new circuit. Take your time, get
educated, and get it inspected after.

Clint

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2. I plan on putting a subpanel in the room. It seems this is common
practice, and there is not much risk here. Do I need to take any
precautions?

Are you an electrician? (self trained or not?)
If not then you need to do mega reading and/or get with an
electrician. I have done a little wiring here and there but
when I finished I called a "real" electrician to inspect
my work and then wire to the "hot" panel. Not a lot
of expense and well worth it in warm fuzzies.

We wouldn't want to kill someone even 15-20 years down
the road, would we?

Steve

Sorry for the confusion here. I am not an electrician and will be
definitely hiring one to do the work. I just wanted to make sure that
placing the subpanel in the shop wouldn't be a concern (e.g., dust
getting in there and shorting something out, etc). I don't think it's a
big risk (as long as I keep it clean, etc).

Thanks.



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