Outlet Spacing

[JACDes]

I thought that too but when doing measurements I'll have 1/2" space bet ween the casing and the cover plate.

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OK, I was not sure what size casing you planned to use. Hopefully you only need standard size cover plates and not the oversized "****-up covers" you would need if your drywaller overcuts a box. those come is mid-sized and oversized just in case..

 

[tfi racing]

IDK about Canada, but in the USA dwelling units can't have more than 6' of unbroken horizontal floor space between wall outlets in dwellings. IIRC, counter tops in kitchens and bathrooms are different. IDK if it applies to garages...

Tommy

Only applies to residential living areas,not commercial settings or residential garages.Nothing wrong with stabbing your cables in the bottom of the boxes,its just a little more effort.If you are worried about the trim around the windows,just space the box away from the stud by screwing a 2x block on it.

 

[zmaxmotorsports]

I was going to enter from the top and exit from the bottom as a 'current flow' kind of direction but I didn't like bringing the cables up then bend around. This way at the bottom I can group the pairs together for each circuit.

I'm running double gang boxes with left side on one breaker and the right side on another.

Each wall is its own circuit.

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Curent flow kind of direction? Very Zen technique,reminds me of the guys I used to pull wire with back in the early 70s!(now thats funny,I dont care who ya is!)

 

[Dragfluid]

It really Depends on the AHJ regarding residential garages; where I live the amended NEC for residential garages is the outlets shall be GFIC and at least one duplex outlet per bay.

So a 2 car garage only needs minimum of 2 duplex outlets ( 1 at each bay ) a 3 car would need 3. Also 1 light fixture per bay... (an electric door opener counts)

Not an issue with any of the builds on this site..

Yup,,,,,,,, a whole lot easier and cheaper to have extra outlets during the initial build than trying to add later. Or to run a bunch of extension cords afterwards.
A little more work during the drywall phase, but when it's done, it's done!

 

[vartz04]

I hate my new house's two car garage cause it just has 3 outlets ( 1 on each wall. )Likely going to have to do a lot of surface mount stuff.

My shed (I am finishing now) has 14 duplex outlets on the walls and 3 switched Duplex outlets on the ceiling. And it's only 12x20. Cord reels can help but nothing is better than having an outlet in the right place


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[Pythong]

That plastic square around the boxes comes with the box? Draft sealer or something like that?

Yes, they're required by code in all boxes on a surface that has unconditioned air behind it, so outside wall or ceiling with attic above. I don't believe they're required in an unheated garage.

What MikeF2316 said ^^.

When putting vapor barrier up you cut out the receptacle and tuck tape the hole to the receptacle vapor box to provide a airtight seal.

Eventually i'll have this all insulated and the infloor heat fired up though the winter and i want to make this as air tight as possible as our winters hit -40C quite often in January/February.

Every little bit done now will help out on my bills over the course of my lifetime i hope.