So we just bought a house and I'm having to put a shop in. I had a 24'x60' which I divided in half for shop and mancave. This one will be a 24'x30' with 13' height. They're suppose to start the building in a couple weeks. Slab is already done. I will be doing the electrical myself. I have an open 60amp at the house that was used for an old barn by the former owners. The shop will be about 50' from the house. I plan on running 6ga from the house to the shop panel. I haven't decided if I want to run lights down the center of the shop on one 20amp circuit or run a row on each side of the shop on separate 20amp curcuits. My big tools are my 48" lathe, 17" bandsaw, tablesaw and compressor. These will be running on 30amp breakers with 10ga wire. I don't run these at the same time, so was thinking of just running 2 circuits, 1 down each side of shop with 3 outlets on each circuit. The rest will be regular 20amp breakers on 12ga wire. I will put in plenty of those for my smaller tools like sanders, grinder, buffer etc.....I am also going to run 2-220v outlets, 1 one each side of the shop off one breaker. I don't have anything 220v but just to have them.
So does this sound ok or is there something you would do different? I will eventually insulate and and cover the walls with plywood/particle board. Was also just gonna run all romex, so no conduit inside, except for maybe lighting runs, as it will be covered with inside walls. Any thoughts or ideas are appreciated.
Bobby
So does this sound ok or is there something you would do different? I will eventually insulate and and cover the walls with plywood/particle board. Was also just gonna run all romex, so no conduit inside, except for maybe lighting runs, as it will be covered with inside walls. Any thoughts or ideas are appreciated.
Bobby
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