Hello from South Dakota!!

When I was living in Colorado we would almost always place the main panel in the garage when wiring a house. Then place the meter just on the opposite side of the wall and run a nipple between the two.

Now that I have moved to the north a few miles, I find that alot of the houses being built here, and all of the older ones, have the panel in the basement with a meter/disco on the outside.

I was curious as to where the rest of you place your panels on new residential construction. Is there a benifit to having it in the basement? As far as I can see, it seems a little hard to add anything after the basement is finished. It also seemed like more of a hassle when doing any trouble-shooting to keep running up and down those darned stairs.

Does anyone still use weatherproof panels for all the circuits?

Thanks, Jon


Jon Niemeyer