Recent content by evilstevie

You guys are super helpful thank you. I did add a staple to make sure that wire was away from the pinch point. I got a new one - I purposely didn't run wires along my top plate (the plate running parallel to the joists) because I thought you weren't supposed to, and I stapled my romex to...

Softball meaning easy. Not related at all to the sport of softball. I'm insulating my detached garage ceiling, so figured it'd be a great time to correctly route and staple all my wires. See attached pic- orange is cable wire and grey is main power (done by real elecrician) through garage...

I've got a 30x30 detached garage in upstate NY, stick built, shingles and vinyl siding, but completely open on the inside. No insulation or sheet rock, etc. The attic will be used for random storage, nothing heaving. I'll have a few 4x8's nailed down and some pull down stairs, at some...

Thanks. The garage is unfinished, so everything is easy to get at right now. If it's safer/smarter to run new wire that's fine. This box will eventually have insulation on top of it if it's up in the garage attic, and not easily accessible once the ceiling is finished off.

So I'm going to be re-arranging my hanging electrical heaters (2 5000 watt units) in the detached garage, and wondering what the best way to go about it is. Option 1) I have a few different lengths of 10/2 wire that I could splice together, using wire nuts and junction boxes, to get the wire to...