So I tried using a 40-foot high cube for my main living space instead of two 20-footers

I saw a bunch of builds online using the 40-foot high cubes and thought it looked cleaner, less cutting. My plan was for a simple one-box home in Texas. Got the container delivered, no problem. Started the insulation and framing inside, standard stuff. Then I tried to run the main electrical line from the panel at one end to where the kitchen would be. The run was over 35 feet in a straight, single wall. My electrician buddy said the voltage drop on a 12-gauge wire over that distance for a kitchen circuit could be a real issue, something I never thought about with the shorter boxes. Now I'm stuck deciding if I should add a sub-panel mid-way, which adds cost, or re-plan the whole kitchen layout. Has anyone else hit this wiring snag with the longer single containers? How did you fix it without breaking the bank?

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morgan.cameron29d ago

Just ran thicker 10-gauge wire, solved the voltage drop cheap.

diana_bell7429d ago

Thicker wire helps, but checking the whole circuit first is smarter (and still cheap).