My New House & Workshop

[Jim Oaks]

I made a little more progress. The conduit is installed and the wires are run into the breaker box. I stripped the jackets off a few to run them, and left a section at the bottom to label them. From here I'll remove the jackets as I install the breakers.

I still need a GFCI breaker for the shop outlets. They're required in a 'garage' and I've shocked myself a few times from faulty cords on old power tools, so I figure I might as well follow the rule. The only other place I have GFCI is the restroom, and the other sink I installed, but the restroom got a GFCI outlet and the outlet by the sink connects off of the GFCI outlet.

 

[scotts90ranger]

I got two GFCI breakers for when I put power in my shop (since it was actually inspected) and it was all the outlets I had at first. Every now and then my puny little Delta 8" miter saw trips the breaker with the inrush current... it's really annoying. The rest of the breakers I put in are standard ones... I get it and just try to keep good cords on everything...

 

[Jim Oaks]

When I built my grill guard and sliders, I used my Lincoln 110V welder hooked to the GFCI outlet in my kitchen with an extension cord and it never tripped it.

I have an outlet back in the corner of my shop for my compressor, and an outlet by the door that I'll use for my 110 welder that are on the same circuit. I know what you're thinking, the compressor should be on its own circuit. Well, in a way it is. I don't use air tools. I only use the compressor for airing up tires and painting. When I'm not doing those things, it's shut off. I don't weld and paint at the same time. If for some reason I wanted them both going at the same time, I'd just plug the welder into a different outlet. But I like having that one outlet by the door that's on a separate circuit then the other outlets in the shop. I will probably use a GFCI receptacle for the outlet at the door. For now, I just have a regular outlet there because this GFCI crap is expensive.