"Steve DeMars" wrote in message
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Conduit and boxes . . . EMT and metal boxes? PVC conduit and PVC boxes?
PVC conduit & metal boxes?

Will be covering all walls & ceiling in shop with 1/2" plywood. Would use
3/4", but here in Louisiana building materials are high and scarce.

Will insulate walls & ceiling also.Want to surface mount electrical . . .
lights, receptacles, switches, etc . .

What have you guys used? What works best & is there much difference in
cost.
Have done a lot of residential electrical using ROMEX.

Never fooled with conduit except in an industrial setting . . . . I was an
instrumentation technician ( PetroChem).

Any suggestions as to material or layout appreciated . . . Shop is 20' X
22'
with 10' ceilings . . . . Will be running 115vac & 220vac receptacles.

Shop has it's own meter with 200amp service. I want to surface mount
EVERYTHING . . . . .

Thanks in advance,
Steve

If you use PVC, make sure you ground the pipes. All of that electricity
running through there will generate a lot of static and the next thing you
know, you'll have an explosion. OK, j/k.

Here in the Chicago area, we don't get much of a choice. You're pretty much
using EMT for everything. It just so happens I was looking at some PVC
conduit at Lowes today. (For some reason, at least at the ones I visited
this weekend, Home Depot and Menards don't carry it). I get why it might be
used outdoors, but I'm unclear why it would be used in place of EMT indoors.
To be honest, I don't remember where they fell in terms of price. To me,
for indoor use, it seems that EMT is the way to go. One consideration is
the ability to bend EMT as needed. You could probably get the desired
effect with the application of enough PVC elbows, but now we're just adding
more $$. If it was me (and imagining I actually had the choice), I would
use EMT.

todd