Nick Danger
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The previous owners installed an outlet on the inside wall. They ran the cable out the wall and around the beam inside the garage, and then back into the house between the joists. The beam is sistered 2x12s.
The light for the garage is the same way. The power for it goes around the beam, and then disappears into the house.
In the picture, the light switch is on the other side of the door, to the left.
The cable powering the outlet and the cable powering the light switch disappear into the house. I can't figure out where either cable goes. If I knew, I'd replace them with grounded cable. I think there are unmarked junctions someplace inside the ceiling of the indoor room.
I had an electrician here giving me an estimate for upgrading my main panel from 60A. He said that if the inspector sees that kind of stuff, he won't like it.
It will be a while before I can afford the $2200 to upgrade the panel, but in the mean time I thought that I'd fix the other problems. My thought was to run armored cable from the outlet and the switch to a junction box, and then attach the existing cables that run into the house.
The power to the outlet is stapled to the face of the beam. I can drill holes in the joists and move that up, but it will still have to get past the beam.
Only this wall is finished. The rest of the garage is open joists and studs. The plan is to run outlets on the opposite wall, and lights on the ceiling.
I plan to move the power to the garage door opener to the other side of the garage when I put in outlets on that wall. There's no beam on that side. The garage door opener currently plugs into an outlet facing down.
The light for the garage is the same way. The power for it goes around the beam, and then disappears into the house.
In the picture, the light switch is on the other side of the door, to the left.
The cable powering the outlet and the cable powering the light switch disappear into the house. I can't figure out where either cable goes. If I knew, I'd replace them with grounded cable. I think there are unmarked junctions someplace inside the ceiling of the indoor room.
I had an electrician here giving me an estimate for upgrading my main panel from 60A. He said that if the inspector sees that kind of stuff, he won't like it.
It will be a while before I can afford the $2200 to upgrade the panel, but in the mean time I thought that I'd fix the other problems. My thought was to run armored cable from the outlet and the switch to a junction box, and then attach the existing cables that run into the house.
The power to the outlet is stapled to the face of the beam. I can drill holes in the joists and move that up, but it will still have to get past the beam.
Only this wall is finished. The rest of the garage is open joists and studs. The plan is to run outlets on the opposite wall, and lights on the ceiling.
I plan to move the power to the garage door opener to the other side of the garage when I put in outlets on that wall. There's no beam on that side. The garage door opener currently plugs into an outlet facing down.
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