Recent content by Mach1

About a year ago, I wired my attached garage with a subpanel. My sub in the garage is only 15 feet or so from the main. I used 4 AWG THHN 90C for both hots and netrual, 6 AWG bare stranded for the ground. The conductors are installed in 1.25" PVC 90C rated conduit. The table I looked at...

I wired my (smaller than yours) garage with six 8' fluorescent light fixtures. The pair of lights in the center of the garage are on one 3-way switch leg coming from the house. The 3-way switch leg coming from inside the house goes to a 4-way switch next to the rear-entry door of the garage...

I have a garage wiring project to do in the near future. Using the book Wiring Simplified 41st Edition as a guide, it highly recommends the use of 12 AWG wire and 20A breakers for 110V circuits. So, jumping in head-long, I bought a 100A loadcenter for the garage, a 1000 ft spool of 12/2 wire...

I just got a Ryobi stand for my compound miter saw. What a backsaver! I should have bought one of these years ago! I also just bought Bostitch framing and roofing nail guns. They seem like great quality tools, though I admit I haven't had a chance to use them yet.

Just had a guy remove a mid-size maple tree from the yard. A backhoe made quick work of it, stump and all.

Thought I'd say hi! I'm in the process of building a new home, so I'll be posting the occasional question. :D