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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 |
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