jeffmeh
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Under what conditions is it reasonable to daisy chain the wiring vs. running a separate wire to a component?
For example, lets say a panel front has (all 120v):
1) A Main Power switch, illuminated LED selector, that controls a contactor to cut power to the panel
2) A PID
3) An Element Power switch, illuminated LED selector, that controls a contactor to cut power to the element
4) A Pump Power switch, illuminated LED selector, that controls power to the pump outlet
5) An illuminated LED alarm buzzer
6) An Alarm switch, illuminated LED selector, that controls power to the alarm buzzer
The question here concerns the line side of the hot runs and the neutral runs. The line side of the main power switch will need to be separate, so that's not relevant. Neither is the load side of all the switches, as they will need to run to whatever they are switching.
So, would it be reasonable to just run one hot and one neutral to power all this stuff? The hot would go to the PID line in, to the element switch line in, to the pump switch line in. The neutral would go to the main power switch, to the PID, to the element switch, to the pump switch, to the alarm switch, to the alarm buzzer.
This is desirable, as it minimizes the number of wires that must go from the baseplate and box components up to the cover components.
I assume this is fine, as it is really only using the line and neutral terminals like a terminal block, but please correct me if I am mistaken. Thanks.
For example, lets say a panel front has (all 120v):
1) A Main Power switch, illuminated LED selector, that controls a contactor to cut power to the panel
2) A PID
3) An Element Power switch, illuminated LED selector, that controls a contactor to cut power to the element
4) A Pump Power switch, illuminated LED selector, that controls power to the pump outlet
5) An illuminated LED alarm buzzer
6) An Alarm switch, illuminated LED selector, that controls power to the alarm buzzer
The question here concerns the line side of the hot runs and the neutral runs. The line side of the main power switch will need to be separate, so that's not relevant. Neither is the load side of all the switches, as they will need to run to whatever they are switching.
So, would it be reasonable to just run one hot and one neutral to power all this stuff? The hot would go to the PID line in, to the element switch line in, to the pump switch line in. The neutral would go to the main power switch, to the PID, to the element switch, to the pump switch, to the alarm switch, to the alarm buzzer.
This is desirable, as it minimizes the number of wires that must go from the baseplate and box components up to the cover components.
I assume this is fine, as it is really only using the line and neutral terminals like a terminal block, but please correct me if I am mistaken. Thanks.