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Default Shop Wall and Electric

On Jun 1, 5:44*am, "Bill" wrote:
Prompted by suggestions that a shop needs convenient power


Can't really omment on your shop "wiring diagram" per se, but ion "convenient power" here are a few salient comments borne of the school of hard knocks Magna Cum Shudda Woddah couldha


1. Ceiling duplex outlets for every light fixture but two circuits
splitting duplex outlets into Switched (plug in your light) and steady/
always on and one breaker for each "side"

2. Locate wall outlets at convenient height(s) so as not to fall
behind benches, tool chests etc. and consider two duplex outlets at
each location with the upper left outlet SWITCHED and on its own
circuit. (These outlets are dedicated to plugging in those little wall
modules that you should unplug when leaving the shop as they eat power
24/7 and get hot and can burn/start fires).

3. Switches for lighting and ceiling and upper left at each ingress/
egress point (one, two, three or four-way switches as appropriate.

4. Remotely-switched circuit for air compressor (ao you need not be
wakened at 3AM by wife complaining of the noise "it's waking our
neighbors").

5. Extend outlets to front edge of fixed work bench(es).

6. Consider COAX, POTS, and CAT5 cables brought in from main house in
case TV, phone or Computer Network application later become more
important than they, now, may seem.