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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I don't need it. I just want it.
Isn't that the guideline, that you can never have enough clamps
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.
I am glad you are taking the time to consider the proper placement of ceiling mounted utilities and devices. Ceiling space can get REALLY crowded REALLY fast. (picture below)
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Great job! I also ended up with 2 240 outlets on separate 30 amp breakers for a Ceiling mounted heater and a 5hp planer. I am still adding as I go...Don't know if I'll ever get finished. Again, a well thought out, neat job!
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.
Now I know why Progress Energy called me about hooking my generator into their lines.... they need more power in order to service THE BAS!!!
ps. I hear that the girls have been asking about "The Bas" lately.
Couldn't keep your big mouth shut, could you At least now you know why the shop remodel is taking so long!
Originally Posted by Gotcha6
Good job!
Do you have some tube shields for the lights over the tablesaw? They're a must for me.
The lights I have come with the standard plastic lens cover. If I do something stupid like swing a large board into them it might pop the cover off, but it should protect the tubes. The photo shows the a temporary shop light I hung just to see what I was doing...lighting is a catch-22 without windows.
Originally Posted by montgotj
Uh oh... I just noticed something... You put all your outlets in Up Side Down!!!!!
Google search results for "receptacle orientation". Results 1 - 10 of about 3,760,000 for receptacle orientation. (0.39 seconds)
Let's just say it was deliberate, and leave it at that
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I don't need it. I just want it.
Uh oh... I just noticed something... You put all your outlets in Up Side Down!!!!!
not nessesarily..... by turning them ground up you lessen the chance of accidental shock hazards. an electrician explained it this way. " say the lady of the house bends down behind the couch to plug something in and her neclace hange across a partially unpluged plug. if the ground is up she is less likely to get zapped. ground down and the necklace falls accross the hot and neutral and..........." I did my shop the same way and as I replace recepticals in the house I am turning them this way too.
not nessesarily..... by turning them ground up you lessen the chance of accidental shock hazards. an electrician explained it this way. " say the lady of the house bends down behind the couch to plug something in and her neclace hange across a partially unpluged plug. if the ground is up she is less likely to get zapped. ground down and the necklace falls accross the hot and neutral and..........." I did my shop the same way and as I replace recepticals in the house I am turning them this way too.
Well, MY electrician says they're supposed to look like little faces!
(does it work better when I use a smiley face? I'll fix the post above too )
potato pototo........ I'm tickled if I plug sumpin in and it works!
Sorry guys.... my attempts at using smilies to clear up the fact that I was just making a joke (about outlet orientation) seem not to be working. I'm smilie deficient, my doctor has told me he's got a cure for it but apparently it's quite painful so I've just decided to live with it. Of course my wife's diagnoses is a bit different, just says I just have a twisted sense of humor and I should just keep my mouth shut . I think she's a bit biased though ......
So, for the record, as mentioned above, Great Job Bas!!! (even if your outlets are upside down ) (Sorry, couldn't resist , ok maybe that will help , uh oh... I can feel a smilie addiction coming on)
travis.. dont be so hard on yurself. I knew ya was just funnin with us. I dont get the smilies right most of the time either. is your wife related to mine?????? she sounds eerily familliar. mine just thinks i'm full of....... oh never mind!
Well, MY electrician says they're supposed to look like little faces!
(does it work better when I use a smiley face? I'll fix the post above too )
I admit, outlets do look happier when they resemble a smiley face. But with a 220V outlet, it not only smiles, it winks at you! How will anyone in the WW community ever take me seriously with a shop like that!
Originally Posted by montgotj
Sorry guys.... my attempts at using smilies to clear up the fact that I was just making a joke (about outlet orientation) seem not to be working.
No worries Travis, I took it as a joke too. But this was discussed on another forum recently, and it was "groan, here we go again" Some people take electricity waaayy too seriously
I'm with Fred. If you plug something in and it works, and the lights don't go out, it's good!
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I don't need it. I just want it.
10-29-2009, 12:23 PM
(more grunting). Oh, and five 240V outlets as well.
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" I get knocked down but I get up again" - Chumbawamba 
"By the waterside I will lay my head......"
. I think she's a bit biased though ......
(even if your outlets are upside down 
, ok maybe that will help 
How will anyone in the WW community ever take me seriously with a shop like that! 
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