I got power in the workshop! *grunt* *grunt* *grunt* In addition to the four puny 15A receptacles already there, I now have an additional 18 (duplex) 20A receptacles in full metal jacket to plug stuff into. I'm not sure I have that many tools...yet (more grunting). Oh, and five 240V outlets as well.
Of course, this is just the main shop area. I still have to wire the other room with an additional 12 receptacles! (grunt chorus).
I ran a "trunk" line at the top of the wall, with drops every 4 ft. or so. That's a LOT of boxes, conduit and fittings. But it all turned out great. It's rock solid, even if I do something stupid like swinging a large board against the wall nothing is going to come loose. Ever. Alien civilizations will conduct archeological diggings twenty millenia from now and find that the only thing left of Raleigh is this weird collection of tubes with copper wires inside them.
I probably went a little overboard here and there. Once you get going, it's so easy to add an extra outlet, "just in case". One of the reasons I went with metal conduit is that's easy to change and add outlets later. Kind of pointless having that flexibility if you've blanketed the wall with outlets from the get-go
Next up is wiring the lights...
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Bas.
I don't need it. I just want it.
I think you could use a new them song.... "The night the lights went out in Raleigh!"
At this point, you need more tools. Otherwise, all your investment in outlets will not yield a good ROI.
Really, you are only doing the most cost effective thing
Enjoy!
Jim
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Congratulations Bas! you seemed to have mastered the art of EMT bending. When I wired my detached shop I thought I had placed enough outlets but I was wrong. I am now a firm believer that outlets are like clamps, you can never have too many. I was smart enough to allow enough ampacity (100 amps) in the feed from the house so that future electrical additions will not be problematic.
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Last edited by Glennbear; 10-29-2009 at 12:48 PM..
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Now with all that power you're going to need new/bigger machines. I think that it's time to call your favor into Scott and him drive you up to Grizzly with his flatbed so that can load it up with YOUR stuff this time.
ps. I hear that the girls have been asking about "The Bas" lately.
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"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did" Mark Twain
So, the video we really want to see is you, jumping from tool to tool, never using the same outlet twice.
It's funny. When I added the additional 20 outlets in my shop I thought I would have enough but, even though usually only 1 or 2 tools run at once, there still aren't enough receptacles. Key to my error was that I added the receptacles on all four walls so the ones on the lumber storage wall are useless. I still manage to get by!!
Those are not mis-bent pipes, they are ready-made mistakes. Just in case you know someone who doesn't have the time to make their own mistakes. Bas may make them a good deal. These are no "seconds", but first-rate mistakes of the highest quality.
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You used enough clamps on that pipe that is for sure.
Isn't that the guideline, that you can never have enough clamps
Originally Posted by FredP
WHAT????? NO low voltage? at your pace you will need it for slow woodworkin! now where did I put the batteries for my low voltage tablesaw?
I need 480 three phase power to make up for my slow pace...40A...with periodic surge. Been staring at the ceiling for the past two hours to figure out how to switch three banks of lights AND hang the air cleaner AND leave enough room for the future dust collection pipe. I stink at spatial orientation.
BTW, I was thinking how seeing everyone's shop remodel has inspired me to try more things, like running conduit. And best of all, when you get stuck, help is only a posting away.
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Bas.
I don't need it. I just want it.
10-29-2009, 12:23 PM
(more grunting). Oh, and five 240V outlets as well.
you seemed to have mastered the art of EMT bending. 
When I wired my detached shop I thought I had placed enough outlets but I was wrong. 
I am now a firm believer that outlets are like clamps, you can never have too many. I was smart enough to allow enough ampacity (100 amps) in the feed from the house so that future electrical additions will not be problematic. 
" I get knocked down but I get up again" - Chumbawamba 
Those are not mis-bent pipes, they are ready-made mistakes. Just in case you know someone who doesn't have the time to make their own mistakes. Bas may make them a good deal. These are no "seconds", but first-rate mistakes of the highest quality. 
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now where did I put the batteries for my low voltage tablesaw?.gif "Drogar BigGrin(DBG)")
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