Mikepier wrote:
On Jul 29, 7:05 am, "John Grabowski" wrote:
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This winter I installed a 16-circuit subpanel and rewired the second
floor. The sub is fed from the main via a 60A 250v circuit over 6/3.
Everything has been working fine ever since, but I haven't really been
pulling much on these circuits until this week.
Today I'm noticing that when one of my window A/C's compressor kicks
on it is flicking the lights. But these lights are on a different
circuit (same panel). I did not expect this. The A/C is pulling
about 10A (120v) on a 20A dedicated circuit. Other power being drawn
from this panel includes:
-computer: ~5A on a dedicated 20A circuit
-computer and extras: ~5A on a dedicated circuit
-another A/C: ~8A on a dedicated circuit
-lights: ~? (1A maybe) on another circuit
So total I doubt I'm drawing more than 30A of 120V, so I can't be
maxing out the feed, right? That feed should give me 96A of 120V (80%
of 60A at 240V).
So what's the deal? Why would any lights on a different circuit
flicker when the compressor kicks on on another circuit? To be fair,
the flicker is subtle. It's not huge, but it's there.
thanks
The compressor may be pulling as much as 40 or 50 amps upon startup which
would cause your other circuits to be affected. Incidentally #6 wire is
only good for 50 amps. You should have used #4 for a 60 or 70 amp subpanel
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Technically, #6 wire is rated for 60 amps.
Hi,
At what distance?