[sudo-discuss] Sudoroom electrical plans
Jake
jake at spaz.org
Fri Sep 5 15:25:26 PDT 2014
Hi Whit,
that sub-panel is supplied by a double-breaker in the main breaker-box in
the bar ice room. We can switch it off and lock it out while we work on
it.
I am saying there is literally nothing powered by that sub-panel besides
maybe the light in that upstairs room that looks like a bedroom and has a
ceiling fan. There is nobody to consult or ask permission, we can just do
it.
There are federal-pacific breakers in other boxes in the building (aka
fire hazards, they are crappy breakers that should have been recalled) but
this is not one of them. This is an ordinary, modern breaker box, in
slightly the wrong place.
I am assuming that the wiring to supply that box would reach equally well
if it were moved downward, but that may not be the case. If it is not,
and it would be annoying to move that box, we can just leave it there and
go on with phase one. It's fine where it is.
-jake
On Fri, 5 Sep 2014, Whitney Lawrence wrote:
> Jake,I like the way you think. I can say I'm not looking forward to coordinating with whomever/whatever is being supplied from that sub-panel, and getting
> into a territorial dispute along the lines of "but we're planning on using that". I'm OK with commandeering the panel. Also I'd prefer not to have to move
> the box. Do you think its critical that the sub panel be relocated to face into sudo? If so- so be it. Finally, I'm not sure the utilization of the
> existing panel addresses the inspection concern of "those panels are fire hazards" because I'm not familiar with the model details/differences.
>
> Whit
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> On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 2:58 PM, Jake <jake at spaz.org> wrote:
> I believe the electrical panel in the balcony only supplies one or two things (not including the robot, which is a temporary connection)
>
> I think we should look into simply moving that breaker box down ten feet so it faces the server room, and be done with it.
>
> On Fri, 5 Sep 2014, Whitney Lawrence wrote:
>
> Howdy,Let me begin with thanking you for looking at the proposal. Your interpretation of the plans is
> correct.{ Main -> above stage panel -> balcony panel } is how the proposed plan is drawn. There is enough room
> in the balcony panel (which is the one located in the small room that shares a wall with the server loft of
> sudoroom) to accomplish phase 1 of the proposal. The proposal is based on instruction received to minimize
> cost. Ideally, there would be a main panel breaker that supplies a sub panel for all of sudo's needs (phase 1
> and phase 2). I can't accurately guess at a cost number for this type of installation. Figure a 100amp sub
> with hundreds of feet of 2awg plus breaker box plus breakers plus conduit plus hardware. All depending on if
> the main service can even handle the additional power demands (hiring an electrician to run the calcs).
> Ballpark $3-5k maybe- but its really a shot in the dark?
> My experience with this type of thing is there is always a better way to do it, if you go the money.
>
> A middle road is to plan on having the future sudo-sub panel placed near the balcony panel. Build in an extra
> 5ft or so of wire for the future transition into the new sudo-sub panel. All that would be needed is to remove
> the breakers from the old box re-run wire from J-box 1 to the new sudo-sub, as well as re-routing the 240V
> lines from the above stage panel to the sudo-sub (and of course preform all the main -> suod-sub work).
>
> as far as existing vs proposed. only the sub panels mentioned above exist currently- I'll make a note to call
> out the existing stuff in the drawings.
>
> Thanks,
> Whit
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 11:42 AM, Cere Mona Davis <ceremona at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi everyone. It's the first time I have looked at these plans and I have some questions and
> thoughts. Dave said he won't be able to respond to this email until a couple of days as he is out
> in the boonies somewhere. So I am writing in to expedite some issues that I think he will likely
> bring up in the days ahead.
> Whit, thanks for drawing up these plans! For someone who is not intimately familiar with our electrical
> layout the plans might need a more clear description of existing electrical vs. proposed new electrical,
> however.
>
> In multiple conversations with Dave (and one on-site visit) he has mentioned repeatedly that we will
> want to shoot for putting in another sub panel for the sudoroom off of the main panel as the end-game;
> rather than daisy-chaining off of an existing panel (the balcony) as what seems to be proposed here.
> If we can't immediately put in a sub panel into the room, due to cost, we should at-least be planning
> for conduit and wiring paths, etc that allows for a sudoroom sub-panel in the future.
>
> Thoughts?
> -Cere
>
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 10:23 AM, <hol at gaskill.com> wrote:
>
> Thanks Yar! Whit can you liaise w/ Dave RE how much of the work is going to be done under
> the first permit?
>
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Hol
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> On 2014-09-04 23:16, yar wrote:
>
> Hi all, Dave Pedroli is a certified electrician who's offered to
> review our plans to give them an okay. I'm copying him and the people
> who've been most involved with electrical work.
>
> Dave, the latest plans are attached, and also available online[1].
> Could you please look them over and write us a few formal-sounding
> sentences that boil down to "hello I am a real electrician and I say
> these plans are solid"? This will help us make the landlord happy so
> he will let us do them. Thank you!!
>
> [1] https://lists.sudoroom.org/pipermail/sudo-discuss/2014-August/007369.html
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> Best Regards,
> Cere Davis
> ceremona at gmail.com
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