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racedeck!!! i just finished my garage a few weeks ago. will get some pictures up

this right here is key... a sump pump can help with any water below the slab due to rising water tables and hydro static pressure that might push through cracks... if you cut a drain into the floor and run it to the sump pit, it can help mitigate any issues if you were to ever have a catastrophe...

my concern was that my midrise lift rolls on two metal casters on the rear and uses the front as a pivot point to lift the car up... so the full weight of the vehicle and jack are on these three areas and moving along this plane when the lift is operating... i'll give it go and run the RD under...

can i run race deck under my mid rise scissor lift? not sure if the weight of it moving on the racedeck with a car on top would bind it up?

my god look at the size of that auger... late to the party but i'm north of you in Morris county... congrats on the build... looks like it's going to turn out great... you pole barn is bigger than my house!!!

with the upstairs finally done and the weather warming up, i am finally getting around to the garage... i started hanging the drop lights and would like some of your recommendations on how to cleanly tie up the power cords. in the past i would just zip tie them to the mounting chains and...

beat me to it...

is that BX wire in there? if so most likely you will be grounded on the box from the sheathing of the wire anyway... so when you screw the receptacle in it will ground on the wire and all around the house to the box... should be fine...

thanks all for your help... i passed rough inspection on the electrical today... he said everything looked tidy... even asked if i did this for a living... so i guess i take that as a complement... funny thing was the first box he looked in, i forgot to tie up the ground... but i said really...

originally i was going to run it up to a junction box and split the lighting for the bedrooms and bathroom... i'm going to be running a heat lamp/fan in the bath and was afraid of the draw... but then the bedroom light circuit would only have two ceiling fans on it... i also checked the heat...

thanks both... yea it was a self feeding monster bit on a corded drill... even though the dewalt was variable speed, i couldn't get it slow enough to make the cuts... i ended up returning the dewalt and going to harbor freight for a cheapo $25 drill.. surprisingly the cheapo got the rest of the...

is it a bit big but i'm going to be pulling 40ft of it through a span of 20 joists, so i figure to make my life a bit easier and oversize the hole rather than have to fight it... i'll check the bit again but it's one of those self feeding lenox bits... my plumber let me borrow it since my...

AL 2-2-2-4 SER as per the recommendation on here... much lighter and easier to bend... of course a snafu... drilling out the 1 3/4" holes in the joists, my 4 yr old harbor freight drill finally died after about 8 joists... so i went to Lowes to pick up a Dewalt hammer drill on sale... it...

got the wire from Lowes... started drilling out the joists with a 1 3/4" bit... hopefully i'll get the wire run by this weekend... i'll post an update once done... thanks again all..

i am thinking that my main is ok... it is a 200a, 42 slot panel... it should be good to go... i don't have heavy draw items on it...

^^^thanks... the reason i went with that is because my house is currently Eaton and my OCD was trying to keep the brands consistent... even though one would be CH type and the other BR type... so if i do a main breaker in the subpanel, i can do a 90a or 100a main breaker in the subpanel as...

so something like this... http://www.homedepot.com/p/Eaton-125-Amp-12-Space-24-Circuit-Type-BR-Main-Lug-Load-Center-Value-Pack-Includes-5-Breakers-BR1224L125V1/100557051

hmm maybe i'll look for 4 wire with ground? i saw it before but seems to be rare??? not something i can get easily at HD/Lowes...

what are you guys thoughts on pulling 3 wire to run a multi circuit? is it ok to share a neutral if i wanted to branch the lights for the two bedrooms off a single run... i'm trying to limit the homeruns and keep the box tidy so i figured one 14-3 to the attic and then branch a 14-2 to each...

what size AL wire would i need to handle 90A? i've never worked with AL before, i'm assuming it's much better than before...