My New House & Workshop

[Jim Oaks]

While I'm wating on my wire to arrive, I started installing all of the outlets and switches to the new wiring, and I needed to run some conduit down this wall to finish it. I painted the conduit, boxes, and covers white to go with the wall, and left the connectors and straps silver.

 

[Curious Hound]

While I'm wating on my wire to arrive, I started installing all of the outlets and switches to the new wiring, and I needed to run some conduit down this wall to finish it. I painted the conduit, boxes, and covers white to go with the wall, and left the connectors and straps silver.

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Looks great, Jim. By the way, don't cut your wires too short. It's hard to see in the photo, so I don't know if you did or not. I'm hoping to be in "helpful hint" territory here. Cutting them short just makes life difficult for you, especially if you ever need to cut a bit off and reterminate a wire layer on. Code specifies 6" minimum. I believe that is 6" past the front face of the box, if I recall correctly. I don't particularly care about the exact measurement. The point is "don't make them so short that it's difficult or even irritating to strip, curl and connect them to the device (switch or outlet)." In tje big picture, 1 or 2 more inches on each pigtail really isn't a financial cost worth worrying about when you find out how "fun" it is working with short wires, especially when stretching over a countertop or kneeling next to an outlet at the bottom of a wall.

 

[bobbywalter]

first thing i was going to say, you want to layback for service.

wire management is always a bastard

 

[Jim Oaks]

 

[Curious Hound]

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Brautiful.

 

[Jim Oaks]

Hopefully I attached all the wires to the right places.

 

[Jim Oaks]

 

[sgtsandman]

 

[scotts90ranger]

Not that I have a personal issue with what you did but technically Romex isn't rated to be in conduit... it's also not rated to be exposed if I remember right too so not like I'm doing everything kosher in my shop

 

[Jim Oaks]

Not that I have a personal issue with what you did but technically Romex isn't rated to be in conduit... it's also not rated to be exposed if I remember right too so not like I'm doing everything kosher in my shop

The NEC allows non-metallic wires, such as Romex, to be run through conduits for protection.

However, there are precautions to consider, such as not using Romex outdoors or in wet or damp locations, and not exceeding the conduit fill requirement.

 

[sgtsandman]

I imagine the biggest thing is to make sure the ends of the conduit are deburred so it doesn't shred the crap out of the romex.

 

[Curious Hound]

I imagine the biggest thing is to make sure the ends of the conduit are deburred so it doesn't shred the crap out of the romex. any wire.

FIFY

Actually, romex gives the wire more protection over rough edges. Unjacketed single conductors are even more prone to abrasion. Always, always debur the inside of the conduit.

 

[Shran]

My old boss was an electrician and he helped me wire my shop. One cool little trick he had was anywhere you have a wire coming into an outlet box and then out of it for the next box, you leave your 6" of wire hanging out and then take another 6" piece of wire, twist each one together with a wire nut, and you end up with just one wire to connect to the receptacle instead of two blacks, two whites, and two grounds - you just have one of each and it's just the little pigtails that are physically attached to the receptacle. That way if the receptacle burns out or whatever it doesn't take out the rest of the circuit...and the load from other spots in the circuit is going through wires and not just the receptacle... and with the added benefit of having even more wire in the box when/if you need to replace stuff.

Hope I explained that in a way that makes sense, it does take a little more time and you need deeper boxes to make it fit nicely.

 

[alwaysFlOoReD]

To add to the above, I believe its much safer. I've found loose connections on many outlets and switches, which could potentially turn into a fire. Halving the connections makes it twice as safe...