>I am trying to decide how to do electrical distribution around my shop.
>The super-deluxe approach would be wiring ducting with removable covers,
>which allow for arbitrary placement and relocation of outlets. This may
>be too expensive, and I'm also considering hard conduit interrupted with
>outlet boxes. An important question is: at what height do I run the
conduit
>around my (3-sided) shop area? Up near the ceiling would guarantee that it
>not get in the way of anything, but would also make plugging things in
>awkward. Right now I'm looking at a ceiling-level main conduit run, with
>tees dropping to boxes at normal level on the wall.
>
>Has anyone any observations derived from hindsight?
I just finished the electrical wiring in my garage and am now
running copper air lines. If I had to do it again, I would run
the air first and bend the conduit around the copper pipe.
I am now using elbows to "jump" the conduit -- this is
definitely more expensive and difficult. Of course, it is
easier to run the air lines once you have lights ;-)
For the electrical system, we put a 100A panel in the
garage so it would be easy to get to in an emergency.
All wiring was done in conduit run on three sides near
the ceiling or just above the floor molding. Outlets were
put on tees off the main run at about 3' 6" off the floor. My
choice would have been to put the main conduit next to
the ceiling, but in this case, it would have been more
complicated.
Wayne Burstein
wburstein@genicom.com
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