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Hey All, Spent about a month setting up my garage to use as a bicycle framebuilding shop. I've been in business for about 4 years and have always wanted to move the shop to my home rather than rent. The shop is in a 24' x 24' 2-car garage. Thanks to everyone in the Lighting and Electrical forum...

I am in the process of upgrading the house meter and panel and running an underground feeder to my garage. New meter base has 200A main disconnect breaker with a 100A breaker for the garage feed. I bought a 125A Main Lug panel for the house to feed from the 200A disconnect, but I'm now...

Hey guys, I'm wiring up my house and garage and have a question about the ground rods. I'm adding two to the house and two for the garage. Can I put them in the same trench as the feeder conduit? It is Sched 40 PVC, 18" deep. It would be convenient to drive them in alongside the pvc, but I...

Hey Gang, I'm ready to pull the trigger and buy everything for my electrical upgrade. Should I get it all from a supply house like Platt or will I get better prices at Home Depot? I know this is a tough question, but I'm hoping someone has gone through this before here in Portland. I'm...

Hey Folks, I've been lurking and poking around here for a while while house hunting, but this is my first time posting. Loving the forum--seems like a good group of people. We moved in to our new place a week ago and now I'm figuring out the best way to get more power to the garage. In my mind...