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So my wife got tired of me talking about wanting to redo the garage and said go ahead . . . Here's the "Before" 1 by Kelley Perry, on Flickr 2 by Kelley Perry, on Flickr 3 by Kelley Perry, on Flickr And here is the current state: 4 by Kelley Perry, on Flickr 5 by Kelley Perry, on Flickr...

Depends. I will start by saying I'm NOT an electrician, so if one says something different than what I say, go with them LOL. Now, having said that, it somewhat depends on your locality. I know for sure that Romex has to be "protected. There are also certain guidelines regarding how often...

FWIW, I am about to have a mini split installed in my garage. Approx 400sf. Had a buddy who works for a commercial HVAC company come take a look at the garage. I explained that I am going to insulate the walls and ceiling. He took measurements and had one of their engineers size the unit...

Thanks. Looks like I'll just run NM to the old breaker panel that's being used as a junction box and then run THHN through the conduit to the new panel.

Yes. It's an outdoor breaker panel and there is conduit running from the top of the breaker panel through the soffitt into the attic

So from a code perspective, is the short run from the breaker panel to the attic considered "outside" since I have an outdoor panel or are we talking running conduit underground, etc? The reason this Romex thing took me by surprise is an electrician is the one that installed the conduit from...

Here's my situation: I need to get (3) 12/2 runs and (1) 10/3 run to my breaker panel. A few years ago I had my main service upgraded and now have an outdoor panel (long story). I have 2 1/2 inch conduit running from the top of the panel to the attic, and have another 2 1/2 inch conduit...

Check out Milestone. We use it at work. We have their "pay to use" version because we have so many cameras, but you can use up to 8 cameras on Milestone for free.

Wishful thinking on the fishtape, but my breaker panel is located on the opposite end of the house, and whatever genius installed the air handler did so in a manner that leaves a very confined area to get to the top plate over the breaker box

Ok, So after reading all these replies, I am resigning myself to the fact that I need to rerun the outlets with 12/2 and upgrade to 20 amp circuits, as well as add a fourth circuit. Here's my thoughts now: Circuit A: (20A) Air compressor and one other outlet in storage room Circuit B...

Sounds like I'm gonna be replacing all that 14 gauge I ran a couple years ago with 12 gauge. I guess it's better to realize it now than after I redo sheetrock and texture, etc. The only sucky part is having to slide through the attic (yes slide) to feed the wire to the breaker panel, but all...

Getting ready to redo the garage and I'm overthinking (maybe) the electrical. Here's my situation: I do all my own maintenance on my motorcycle and my wife's motorcycle, and some light woodworking, but I'm not doing any industrial stuff. Current electrical setup is (3) 15 amp circuits...

Anyone got any good ideas for mounting a garage door opener and tracks other than the normal perforated angle? Getting ready to redo my garage and I want to do corrugated tin on the ceiling. I'd like to be able to clean up the door install beforehand. I've seen Thunder Mounts, but they're...

New to the forum. Starting to get ideas for an upcoming garage redo. Pulled power today for a mini split install. Will post a build thread once I start doing something other than pulling wire through the attic.