12x12 shop,, outlet question?

[cruzzer]

Ok, so I'm about to drywall the 12x12 workshop and have to put my outlets in and run wire. I'm going 50" so they will be above the seam of the drywall. Big question tho... How many? I know its always more more more.. but reality its a 12x12 shop. My snap on box will take up almost one whole wall, work bench on another, The workbench/s will be getting outlet strips down the front and if I find some nice vert file cabinets thats the other wall. There will be two outlets in the ceiling with extension cords on reels. So the wall with the door two and the others 2 or 3? so every 4-6'? I'm thinking 8 at 50" may be enough or just a bit much, and 2 in the ceiling, one main light fixture with 3 60w LED 5000k daylight bulbs over the bike lift. Going with either LED shop lights from HD down each side, WB and tool box and sunglasses may be needed. Its 7' 8" ceiling height.
So outlets enough? All 120, no welding in this part of the house.

 

[Catadj78]

4 should be plenty right? or maybe 2 where your workbench is

 

[James-W]

I put my outlets 4 feet apart for most of the garage. I have a few 220 volt outlets spread out around the shop in the areas where I figured I would most likely put equipment that needs the higher voltage. On the wall where I have shelving I only put two outlets because they would be difficult to use anyway.

 

[cruzzer]

I set up the outlets 4' just lightly tacked in place.. may loose a few. Kinda feel surrounded by outlets, like when in a lighting store. Small square room is kinda odd to plan out. If The stairs could have been moved(wife said no) I could have doubled the space and just opened it up into the garage and had a double car size with one door.. Next house..

 

[PCustoms]

Won't 50" (to the bottom?) put your outlets right at the seam anyways?

 

[James-W]

One thing I did when installing the outlets in my garage is that I put no more than four outlets per circuit breaker. Also, the first outlet in each circuit is a GFCI outlet.

 

[cruzzer]

I ended up 54".. yes too close to the seam. I have the boxes in for three walls, The 4th wall will mostly be a double door that leads into the garage. Been driving too much in the nasty weather lately and by the time I'm home at night I don't feel like working in the shop. Its 0 outside with a chill of -20 ish.. Have a lot of firewood to carry in. I'm thinking of doing the outlets one wall one circuit and the other wall another. Or running them every other? The lights will be on their own circuit and The garage will have multiples ran due to having a big compressor and my welders in there. Most likely doing a sub box so I don't have to go across the house to the main when I trip a breaker.

 

[Bigbandguy]

If you have more than one circuit in the room just make SURE you don't use any elderly tools that are not properly grounded and make sure of GFCI on every outlet. My dad worked in the early days of electricity and said they used to lose about one housewife a year who would plug a vacuum cleaner in in one room push it into another and get hold of a lamp in one hand that happened to be plugged into another circuit and the vac in another ... nice sizzling 220 and GONE. I realize it doesn't happen much with modern grounding and GFCI but the verbal picture my dad painted still remains with me! Just a fun thought !

 

[cruzzer]

Sounds like a lot of work to get rid of the wife? The only old tools I have are wall hangers.. Have a old large 1/2" drill my wife's GP used on the job in B-more as a union electrician. He passed just after we got married 20 some years ago. This thing is large by huge and shiny aluminum.. He used it his entire career. Still works too. Looks great up on the wall. I think it weighs more than all my hand drills combined.