Posted by MarkB_MI on June 19, 2015 at 03:03:36 from (70.194.30.91):
In Reply to: ELECTRICAL HELP posted by SKYBOW on June 18, 2015 at 20:22:20:
First, you want to split your lighting from the outlets. As you've no doubt already experienced, it's no fun sawing a big board on your table saw and having the lights and saw quit at the same time. You need at least one 15 amp lighting circuit. Also, by eliminating the lighting load from your outlet circuit, you'll be able to draw current from the outlets before you trip a breaker.
Now you need some 20 amp convenience outlets around the garage. You can run a lot of stuff off a single 20 amp circuit, as long as you don't try to run it all at the same time. Since it's in the garage, this circuit should be GFCI protected. Sixty feet of wire isn't going to have much voltage drop at 20 amps if you use 12 gauge wire; about four volts. If you make the long run with 10 gauge, you'll shave a couple of volts from that, which probably won't make the difference between tripping the breaker with your saw or not. But two volts is two volts.
It's obvious you have only 120 volt equipment. But you're limiting yourself if you don't have a 240 volt circuit. Sooner or later you'll want to ditch your small air compressor, and you'll need a 240 volt circuit to power a decent-sized compressor. And you might want a welder some day, or maybe a bigger table saw. If you have a subpanel in your garage, it will be simple to add more circuits. Otherwise, you're going to be running another heavy romex cable from your panel in the house. If if has any circuits, left, that is. Putting in a subpanel now is more work and expense, but it can save you a lot of aggravation down the road.
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