On Sat, 04 Sep 2004 11:28:49 GMT, steve wrote:

Planning on putting up a garage this fall, that I will use primarily for a
woodworking shop. size is 24x32. 2 car garage with separate smaller
"workshop" extension. will probably use it for storage and finishing.
question is approximatly how much electricity should I use for the shop,
will probably have to have a subpanel from the main house, or might need
separate panel from the pole. any pro con for either. I have a table saw
and lots of hand held tools, but dust collection, air cleaner, and other
stationary tools are in the future. also how many outlets, how close
together etc. of course money is always an issue. will try and do alot of
wiring myself, with electrician doing the actual hookups. any help would
be greatly appreciated..

just did same. put in a meter base and 200 amp panel. outlets are
around 5 feet apart and a few in the ceiling.for drops to machinery in
the middle of the shop. not set up yet. thinking i need to run a few
more circuits later as i get stuff set up. here in N.C. you can do it
yourself. i knew very little about electric but when i found out the
price to have it done for me i decided a book was a cheep investment!I
set my own meter base and subpanel and wired up what i thought would
be enough. got a permit and passed all the inspections then found i
needed more. dont forget that outlets in a garage need to be GFCI at
least here! the inspecter told me after i had made them all GFCI that
only the common outlets had to be GFCI. over the bench outlets do not.
they are concidered dedicated circuits for machinery. i used all 20
amp ciruits and 12-2 wire exept for the 220 stuff. i used 10-2 for
that.. also there are limits on how many outlets you can do on a sigle
circuit. check your local codes before you make any decisions about
wiring.and do get a permit and get the inspecter to look it over. have
fun in the new shop.

skeez