saleen4971
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hey folks - just moved into my first house recently, and first projects were all plumbing related. purchased a gas dryer (no hookups for electric, prefer gas anyway), changed water and gas plumbing to be acceptable and less hideous.
also had to replace the water heater on day 3, which was fun.....
on to the question - it seems that the "laundry area" in my basement is simply an outlet on an existing circuit which spans at least 2 bedrooms, and at least 2 outlets in the basement.
my plan is do ditch the basement outlet leg (currently used for washer/dryer electricity, and is a mix of old and new NM, some cloth wrapped some not) and run a 12-2 from the breaker box on the other side of the basement to a dual gang box on a 20A breaker. dual gang is necessary since i have a washer, dryer, and drain pump for the sink in the same area.
questions are - i was thinking since the washer/dryer/sink are all next to each other, should i use conduit in the immediate area? the outlet will be about 5 feet off the floor, but there is both fresh and waste plumbing in the immediate area. if i run conduit, can it be a short section, or do i have to (should i) run it all the way to the breaker box? my OCD says that both outlets should look the same, can i run a GFCI breaker with standard outlets?
thanks for the input!
also had to replace the water heater on day 3, which was fun.....
on to the question - it seems that the "laundry area" in my basement is simply an outlet on an existing circuit which spans at least 2 bedrooms, and at least 2 outlets in the basement.
my plan is do ditch the basement outlet leg (currently used for washer/dryer electricity, and is a mix of old and new NM, some cloth wrapped some not) and run a 12-2 from the breaker box on the other side of the basement to a dual gang box on a 20A breaker. dual gang is necessary since i have a washer, dryer, and drain pump for the sink in the same area.
questions are - i was thinking since the washer/dryer/sink are all next to each other, should i use conduit in the immediate area? the outlet will be about 5 feet off the floor, but there is both fresh and waste plumbing in the immediate area. if i run conduit, can it be a short section, or do i have to (should i) run it all the way to the breaker box? my OCD says that both outlets should look the same, can i run a GFCI breaker with standard outlets?
thanks for the input!