On Monday, August 17, 2020 at 10:08:05 PM UTC-4, Hawk wrote:
On 8/16/2020 9:00 PM, DerbyDad03 wrote:
On Sunday, August 16, 2020 at 6:47:58 PM UTC-4, J. Clarke wrote:
On Sun, 16 Aug 2020 18:08:01 -0400, Hawk wrote:

On 8/16/2020 5:44 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.

Puckdropper


Whatever works for you but just remember not to put too many outlets on
one circuit. Up to 8 on 15 amps and 10 on 20 amp.

And it might be a good idea to put the high up outlets on their own
circuit or two. Later on you might want to be able to switch them.

Why would a switched receptacle require it's own circuit? If you are thinking
about the ease of adding the switch for the entire circuit, sure. Then again,
what are the odds of all of these up-high receptacles ever becoming a single
switched circuit vs. adding switches for individual receptacles? Most likely
case would be a split receptacle or two.

Side note: I put the lights in my shop are on their own circuit. Overkill,
perhaps, but I'll never be left in the dark if a machine trips a breaker.


Many businesses are wired that way and strictly have receptacle panels
and outlet panels. I would love to do that to my home but too much
involved with rewiring everything.

hmmm..."receptacles panels" and "outlet panels"?