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<blockquote data-quote="Silas Pradetto" data-source="post: 56940" data-attributes="member: 34">Re: L14-30 or CS63## power distro (small to mid sized PA systems)It makes the most sense for me to have two distro systems, a &#039;large venue&#039; system and a &#039;small venue&#039; system. The large venue system is a couple hundred amp 3 phase distro with camlock inputs and California, L14-30, and Powercon outputs. The small venue system is dramatically smaller, being a 100 amp single phase panel fed with a California plug and 4/4 feeder. It has an L14-30 output plus a bunch of Edisons and Powercons. In a large venue situation, this small distro plugs into the large distro and gives me that much more flexibility. I like having the small panel rated for more than the feeder because it gives me room to expand, if needed. If there were ever a situation where I needed more current, I could simply change the feed cable and have more ampacity. If the distro were only capable of 50 amps, I&#039;d be very limited. Of course there aren&#039;t a whole lot of plugs that can handle 100 amps except for camlocks, at least nothing economical, so the 100 amp connection would likely be hardwired.My father is a commercial electrician, so any time I need a completely legit tie-in he gets a call and shows up in his company truck.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Silas Pradetto, post: 56940, member: 34"] Re: L14-30 or CS63## power distro (small to mid sized PA systems) It makes the most sense for me to have two distro systems, a 'large venue' system and a 'small venue' system. The large venue system is a couple hundred amp 3 phase distro with camlock inputs and California, L14-30, and Powercon outputs. The small venue system is dramatically smaller, being a 100 amp single phase panel fed with a California plug and 4/4 feeder. It has an L14-30 output plus a bunch of Edisons and Powercons. In a large venue situation, this small distro plugs into the large distro and gives me that much more flexibility. I like having the small panel rated for more than the feeder because it gives me room to expand, if needed. If there were ever a situation where I needed more current, I could simply change the feed cable and have more ampacity. If the distro were only capable of 50 amps, I'd be very limited. Of course there aren't a whole lot of plugs that can handle 100 amps except for camlocks, at least nothing economical, so the 100 amp connection would likely be hardwired. My father is a commercial electrician, so any time I need a completely legit tie-in he gets a call and shows up in his company truck. [/QUOTE]

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