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It depends on the total load spread along the line and the voltage drop at full load at the end of the line. Generally up to 3 % voltage drop is considered ok. Anything beyond you need another transformer center.

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There is no set distance. You just have to keep increasing the size of the feeder conductors the further the distance becomes. It is all to do with voltage drop. The further from the voltage source the voltage drops off due to the internal resistance of the feeder conductor.

There are many voltage drop calculators on the internet. All you have to do in insert the voltage you are using, the amperage that you want at the end of the feeder run and the distance that you want to run the feeder line. It will calculate the size of the conductor needed to fulfill your parameters that you added to calculate your feeder size. These calculators usually calculate to a voltage drop of 3% which is fine for a home distribution system.

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