My New House & Workshop

[SenorNoob]

4x4 boxes FTW. Seriously though, lots of good advice here from people who have obviously done it a time or 2.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

No matter how you wire the recepts, it's very difficult to do it in those little 2x4 boxes. A 4x4 box gives you lots of room. While it's a little more expensive, the extra time and aggravation it takes to hassle with those little boxes makes it worth it. If you are putting recepts in drywall, use a 4x4 box and then a plaster ring to reduce it to 2x4.

In a garage/shop setting I have never thought to myself:

"Man, I have way too many outlets"

 

[Jim Oaks]

The breaker panel is mounted, and I have wire for all of the circuits running to it. I went through and installed outlets and switches in all of the boxes and wired up all of the connections in the junction boxes (light switches are always fun). I struggled trying to get a light switch and GFCI outlet to fit in a box and finally got them crammed in there. I think it's going to be 50/50 that they work or throw a breaker.

Sunday, I went and bought a vanity light for my bathroom and for over the sink in the other room and bought 90 feet of 2-inch PVC conduit and some 45- & 90-degree elbows, and I probably have a little too much because I forgot that I had already bought a 10-foot section of conduit. I got Schedule 80 for going up and across the wall, a section of Schedule 80 for where in runs under my gravel drive, and then the rest is Schedule 40.

My green copper ground wire and a 2-inch PVC expansion coupling arrived this weekend, and my 1 AWG aluminum wire should be here tomorrow (Monday).

So, it looks like Monday I get to start digging a trench. We'll see how that goes. We got a lot of rain Friday night and some more on Saturday.

 

[Curious Hound]

You got different weights of pvc conduit? That surprises me. Usually, you just get “PVC conduit”.