This build is Office/Music Studio, Workshop, Home / kitchen fridge, Drawer Dishwasher, lights etc. Misc small appliance only used 1 at a time and briefly.
The studio runs about 700watts on the high end if my calculations are correct. When I ran it through an Eco flow it seemed to be pulling 365watts as a norm.
The Room/Sticks and bricks studio I am in has a 20 amp AC breaker. So I am working on the theory if it never tripped the breaker therefore.
I was thinking A/C POSSIBLY 2 units. 2
THE STUDIO/workshop. 1
exterior 15 amp Plugs 1
Kitchen 1
Washer dryer if ever I get that lucky 1
So, 6 AC Breakers
8 gauge wire for most of it.
6 gauge to the Kitchen.
Recommendations on the panel? Thoughts? The picture is of the actual items.... haven't worked through the flow path as yet.
Thanks
First off, that wire gauge is going to be way too big for most of those runs. Typically in a modern home, they're using 14ga for 15A 120 VAC circuits & 12ga for 20A 120 VAC circuits; you could easily go up a size to 12ga & 10ga since you're likely to be closer to max periodically, but I wouldn't go any heavier than that on your 120-side.
Secondly, I would separate the studio circuit as much as you possibly can from everything else--but particularly the A/C system, and definitely the kitchen & washer/dryer. Honestly, I would go so far as to get a dedicated inverter for that circuit/system because you don't want to deal with any feedback into your record system or your amps. If you get a ground-loop hum in an amp, it could be especially nasty, and one of the best ways to prevent that is to keep those power-supply circuits separate. As a guy that's spent years in live music and stage production, as well as spending some time working for a "big" studio (actually dealt with artists that people have heard about), you're going to want to do everything to protect and reduce your SNR as possible--good electrical supply is pretty crucial to that. I'm not saying that you will need to use some 0000ga wire to a 12' copper rod to properly ground out your bus... But considering the application, I wouldn't exactly discourage it, either.
Amplifiers and computers are going to be the main loads on a studio circuit. If you're using something like 50W self-powered monitors, then your draw is going to be relatively low, so at that point your main load is going to be the video monitor and especially the DAW, maybe whatever FX racks you've got going. And of course anything you've got that's using tubes will have more of a load. Condensers don't require much power, but if the power they get is "dirty", it's going to amplify your noise into the signal, so you'll want to keep it clean. You'll definitely be wanting to use a decent Furman power conditioner at the top of your rack if your aren't already.
Lastly, you're not going to be running A/Cs on 700W, and if you do, they'll just make some noise and not cool anything--not unless you've got at least $10K in high R-value insulation, and probably some additional sound isolation. Even then, I wouldn't expect to use them while boondocking unless you're also going to be running a genset.
Run the recommended wire gauges to your outlets, use a second inverter for your studio circuit, and use heavier gauge wire to connect the inverters to your batteries.
