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The users of this forum have been very helpful to me thus far, and for that I am appreciative. I now have some specific electrical code questions. I am putting a subpanel in my detached garage which is fed from the main panel in my house. I know that the codes vary by locality, but my town...

I was reading a page which summarizes the national electrical code, and I stumbled upon this: "Every basement and garage must have at least one receptacle, and all must be GFI protected". Am I understanding this correctly. I apologize for my ignorance. Here is the page I was reading...

I'm having a buddy who's an electrician install a subpanel in my detached garage. His recommendation to me was to put a 30amp breaker in my main (200amp) panel in my house, and have 30amp service in the garage. He says this will be plenty for what I want to do out there. Which is: - (12) 2...

Hi everyone. I'm new to this forum, and have been reading through all of the posts and have seen some real good advice. I'm hoping some of you can give me some help on the placement of the lighting in my new garage. The garage is 28' wide and 36' deep. My current plan is to install 12 4' TD...