In some situations, installing more than one SPAN Panel may be required to accommodate your needs but to help reduce this need, SPAN offers panels with 32, 40, and 48 circuit spaces.
While your SPAN-Authorized installer will determine what size panel you’ll need for your home, some reasons for two panels may come down to:
- Home has more circuits than a single panel can support
- The home has a utility service larger than 200 Amps (consult with your installer)
- Users with multiple properties
If your home requires an additional panel to cover all circuits:
- Traditional “dumb” sub-panels may be connected to SPAN via the 200 Amp rated feed-through lugs or to a 90 Amp branch circuit.
- SPAN supports tandem and quad style circuit breakers, allowing your installer to get some additional room out of a SPAN Panel.
-
- When circuits are grouped on tandem breakers or in sub-panels, control and monitoring are combined in the SPAN Home App for these circuits.
-
- See our system specifications for all SPAN Panels here: System Design & Specifications for SPAN Panels.
Considerations for multiple SPAN Panels
There are some considerations to keep in mind when deciding on a multiple SPAN Panel configuration:
- Depending on the installation configuration of your SPAN Panels, how you view your data in your SPAN Home App may differ. To learn more, check out the following articles:
- A single battery storage system can be connected to only one SPAN Panel. We recommend locating all essential backup loads on the most upstream SPAN Panel. SPAN Support is happy to provide installation recommendations for this configuration.
- Alexa can only be linked to one SPAN Panel.
Setting Up Multiple Panels
If you have two or more SPAN Panel MAIN 32 panels, you’ll be prompted to follow the onboarding process for your first SPAN Panel in the Home App. Then you’ll be prompted to set up each additional SPAN Panel from a “New Home” banner in the homepage.
If other members in your home need access to SPAN Panel(s), you will need to invite them to each SPAN Panel.
Not sure if you have a SPAN Panel MAIN 32? Check out this article: How do I know which SPAN Panel I own?