Having too much fun wiring

[Gary_in_Indiana]

Now that I have electricity in my barn I've been running new lines everywhere! /w3tcompact/icons/grin.gif I've run three separate 110V lines to what's going to be my shop area and run three outlet boxes off each of them. I have another line for a couple floodlights there and will likely run one more for future lighting. I've also run a 220V line there for my welder with outlets on opposite shop walls with a couple more in other areas so I can use it wherever I might want. Multiple ceiling lights in the storage area have a three way switch at each outside door and a four way at each interior passage to the shop and arena areas. I'll probably be done with everything inside tomorrow so I may have to think about some exterior lighting just so I can keep running wires. /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif/w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif/w3tcompact/icons/grin.gif/w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif/w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif/w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif

 

[Kodiak]

You are going to run a dedicated line for your future adult beverage cooler aren't you.

 

[Kodiak]

You are going to run a dedicated line for your future adult beverage cooler aren't you. My own shop eventually became equipped with this fine appliance as well as a microwave, a cable drop and TV, dedicated modem line, telephone, and of course my who cares if I get grease on it Lazyboy Rocker recliner. Now if you all can just tell me how to get enough time to enjoy it.

 

[Golfgar4]

<font color=blue>"Now if you all can just tell me how to get enough time to enjoy it."</font color=blue>

Well...............you should know what's coming Russ!

Mount it on your tractor!!/w3tcompact/icons/shocked.gif/w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif/w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif

 

[Kodiak]

Lets see Tv mounted on loader tower. Lazyboy between ROPS. Fridge on 3PT. Replace Cable with Sat. dish, and modem hooked to Satcom. Powered by generator in the bucket. My only problem is how to hook up the backhoe. Fridge is still in the way. Guess thats grounds for newer bigger tractor, Heah, Heah, heah.

 

[MossRoad]

Put the fridge on top of a ROP mounted canopy and you will have a gravity fed beverage despensor. /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

 

[Wingnut]

Enjoy it while you can .... once you close it in ... it gets much more difficult to add lines. I had to make sure I did all my planning (adult beverages included) in advance as I insulated and gyproc'd the entire inside of my shop. Much easier to keep clean and looks better .... but definitely makes modifications a challenge.

 

[Gary_in_Indiana]

<font color=blue>"Enjoy it while you can .... once you close it in ... it gets much more difficult to add lines."</font color=blue>

I agree. I'm trying to get as much wire everywhere as I can now while it's easy. I doubt I'll ever go quite as far as to have a commercial beverage cooler but an old fridge and microwave might find their way out there someday. With 12/3 run everywhere I think I'll be able to handle that kind of load with no problems.

One thing mentioned here that I haven't done yet (and should have done while I was running electrical wire) is run telephone lines. Right now I don't have a phone out there but would probably like to have one at some point if only to be able to tote my notebook out there and tap into the TBN brain trust while I'm working on a project. /w3tcompact/icons/clever.gif

Right now I'm putting one outlet on every post (8' apart) on the three fixed shop walls (the fourth shop wall can be moved to expand the shop into what is now storage). Each wall will be on a separate breaker. I'm also putting in junction boxes on each truss overhead. I'll probably use just two breakers for the ceiling boxes.

One thing I haven't decided is how to wire the shop lights. I could have two zones on separate switches or could somewhat alterrnate lights so that either switch brought lights to everywhere while the second switch simply added more light. Does this make any sense or is it a sign I have too much time on my hands to think about this stuff? /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

I think I'm probably going a bit overboard on the number of boxes and breakers but they're relatively cheap and I do have 42 slots in my breaker box to fill. /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif

 

[MossRoad]

If the run from the house to the out building is 300 feet or less, instead of running phone lines, you might want to run a couple of CAT5 network cables. They can be used for phone and converted to network later. And they are relatively cheap. Usually under $75.00 for 1000 feet. Just a thought.

 

[Wingnut]

Since I had to do mine at once before closing in the walls .... I made sure my plan included phone lines and a separate circuit for ceiling fans.
I guess I should've also added cat5 .... but decided the PC fo rthe shop didn't need to be networked. I might change my mind in the future ... if I were doing it today, I'd add it. (I closed the walls up 3 years ago before networking everything in the house.)

pete