If your going to go 100' and have a basement, add a sub Just make sure the sub is installed correctly and use a slightly bigger wire then you have to. This will allow you to run seperate circuits for analog and digital and place the circuits in the sub with more flexability than the main panel
Starting Over: Power My System
I'll be moving in a few weeks to a new home and a new audio space. I'd like some opinions on how to get the best power to my system given the current situation. I'm thinking of two dedicated lines--one to each quad outlet using Porter Ports for outlets. I've also got an Environmental Potentials 2050 which I plan to take from my panel and install at the new location. Here is the situation: The 200 amp service (looks like a standard Murray box) is on the far end of the house. There is a transformer on the pole (nice) but it serves three other houses in the neighborhood (too bad I had my own at the old house). I need to run the dedicated lines nearly the full length of the house in a rather indirect fashion to come up the wall behind where my rack will go. Does it make sense to install a high quality sub panel in the basement below where the wire will come up to the first floor audio room or should I run the dedicated lines directly from the panel to the rack location? Does two dedicated lines sound like the right way to go? I'm thinking one for amp and preamp and the other for digital and other. What else should I be thinking of doing? Perhaps some high quality wire to serve as the dedicated lines? Recommendations for something that is not too expensive--these will be long runs? Other ideas?