On 8/16/2020 4:44 AM, Puckdropper wrote:
Outlets are cheap, but time is more expensive. I'm thinking about putting
a few outlets up high, about 7' on the walls of my garage shop. This is
just for the air cleaner or whatever random thing needs to be plugged in up
there. Am I just wasting time by installing outlets at that height?

Naturally, I'm going to do quite a few at 54" and 16", but it's the ones up
high I'm wondering about.

I think the height issue is up to you and good thoughts...a lot of
opinions on circuits, though, that I don't all agree with.

Unless it is a commercial shop which seems highly unlikely in a garage
shop, the idea of separate circuit for every stationary tool is way
overboard...I went ahead and pulled #10, but all 240V and 120V tool
outlets are on single circuits.

What you want to be certain of is that wiring circuit for lighting is
(a) not tripped by a tool outlet on the same circuit and (b) not all
lighting is on one circuit.

Particularly so if happen to be using the tablesaw or shaper and a bulb
pops and trips a breaker...not good to all of a sudden be in the dark
with a power tool running. Not likely and less so as incandescent bulbs
have almost disappeared, but think ahead just in case.

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