Electrical sub-panel question
Hi guys. I'm in search for a sub-panel box that has fault protection built in. I know I've seen them somewhere, just can't think of where. I'm at a friends house now going over plans to build him a dedicated computer room (very multiple computers), and we thought that would be a nice feature. We are hiring an electrical contractor to do the wiring, but to save some money we are running all this stuff. As always, any help you can provide would be appreciated.
Don't waste your time and money
on the "whole house" surge protector. I asked my electrician about them and he said he would not put one in. In addition, our facilities manager for the IT group at TI said that they would not use them because they wear out and quit protecting after multiple surges. (He didn't say what comprised multiple surges.) I agree that an INTERACTIVE UPS is the way to go. You can get them from small desk top units, up to thousands of volt-amps.
We had a "good" electrical storm this summer. It blew out 2 fuses on the 7200V line leading up to our house, but didn't harm the computers and appliances in our home. I had a UPS on my computer and firewall, and a Trip-Lite Isobar surge protector on my wife's computer. The electric co-op had to come by and replace the fuse links to get us going again.
Lastly, NOTHING will stop lightning.