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Thanks for the reply RW; the breakers are doubles, which I assume (and will verify) are separate phases.

We're on the same page, Falcon - do you feed that with 14/3 or two 14/2? Just need to know if each circuit needs a separate neutral. Something tells me that if both hots are in use, there's no load on the neutral. And if I have only one hot going, the one neutral is sufficient.

Thanks for the rapid reply, Jason- As always, I suppose more info is in order. If my 1000sf garage is divided in two, I have 13 of the lights on one side, two on the other. I figure that's fine for now, it's got a couple windows and will just be for parking and storage. However, I have these...

Hi all - I have 15 light fixtures, .74a each, which is within the limits of a 15a circuit. Presently, there are four banks of lights, 6, 4, 3, 2. However, I figure better safe than sorry, and it's a lot easier to overkill the first time around than to fix it later. As the lights are all on...

oh the hard way, man I learn everything like that. !#$%@ at this point, I'd be money ahead hiring it out (pro's in the audience, I can hear you cheering!). My friend quoted the 10-15 length as well, but when challenged for a cite came up empty. On the up side, he said local inspectors haven't...

Left a message "to be promptly returned within one business day" and never heard back from them... and I even called between 10 and 2 M-Th except for between 12 and 1 and days that have temperatures above 60F. I read their guidelines, and other than stuff about kitchen outlets and so on, no...

Funny thing is, my electrical friend said something similar. I think it's either old code, or a rule of thumb, or commercial installs, or something else along those lines. Hence my confusion!

Ran across the above items googling aboot, and found a great ******* match: http://www.electriciantalk.com/f2/max-number-receptacles-gfi-protected-circuit-5868/index3/

Good deal. Not what I wanted to hear, but that's okay, better from you than the inspector. Sounds like there's no limit on the number of downstream outlets, which is nice.

Thanks for the input - are you sure about the outlet height? I briefly dug around for that spec, and didn't see anything. The shop lights are plug-in, but are 10-12' from the floor. Can I run 12/2 from the panel to the switches, and then 14/2 or /3 to the light circuits?

Thanks for the reply - I tend to go overboard on the text, so I kept it brief. Outlets: The workbench area has 6 quads at 50". I was planning to put a GFCI at the feed end of the circuit, but was worried that 11 duplex outlets in the chain were too many. (Red) The rest of the garage has 12"...

Hi all- My electrician buddy who's helping/advising on the side is hard to get ahold of, hope someone here can answer a few questions before I do anything else lame. Lame? Why yes, I made about 15 very nice jumpers for grounds in my quad boxes before finding out I can only put one wire on a...

Just about two years since I joined GJ.... plenty more electrical stuff to run (feeds to switches/outlets, ceiling outlets, opener outlet, a couple more lights, lift feed), then the air supply, benches, cabinets, shelves. Lights are the oft-derided Lights of America $10 fixtures with Philips...

Good to hear, I have 17 of them waiting to go in. I figured for $10 each versus $20 for Lithonia it would be worth a shot. As far as wiring, no reason I know of that you can't cut the ends. But when you price out clamps, nuts, etc, putting in outlets is pretty cheap, and you can add/move them...

Thanks for the feedback! As far as walk-through goes, got an unexpected bonus from my garage door openers - they have motion sensors on them, so the place lights up automatically. Nice. I could also run a separate bulb or two from the old garage's existing light circuit. Here's what I'm...

970x1.5=1455/(32x2)=23 2x4' fixtures 970x150=145500/(2750x2/9=26 2x4' fixtures WOW. So I managed to cram 19 in there. Looks like the workspace is well illuminated. What do you think of this? Next issue is switching and so forth. I kinda like the idea of locating a switch near each bank of...

Hi all - my shop is basically done, except for electrical and garage doors. Doors on Friday, electrical is my department. Shown is a simplified image of the new shop. Build thread is here. 12' ceilings except in the angled section, approx 10.5'. This will be workspace. Three 2x4 skylights...

Figure out your setbacks before you do a single thing. No use getting all excited just to find out it's a no-go. Another vote for shortened garage - the off-center expansion joint is a giveaway. Depending on how valuable whatever's on the other side is, reclaim the space.

Driveway was done 10/12. Though I guess it's more of a parking lot than driveway now. Very roughly 80' on a side. Tried to get a picture of the transition down to the new garage. A bit steep, but I think it'll be fine in use. Also made a couple improvements to the garage - parked my Volvo...

Roof's on, stucco guys got started. Was told I put the wrong electrical boxes on the exterior... lovely, my first official act in the new shop was done wrong.:lol_hitti Doing the driveway next week.