Bending conduit

[SideShow Bob]

On a side note... what gauge wire should I run?

What size of circuit breaker(s) are you going to use ?

[Sparky]

Just remember that garage circuits need to be ground fault interrupter circuits, unless they are dedicated circuits for equipment.

Now all 120v circuits have to be gfci.

[stenz]

I think a 15amp.

[Zman]

12ga for up to 20a, 14ga for 15a.

Z

[cstone]

If you run 14/3 BX, you will shouldn't have to re run anything if you want to add in a 3 pole switch. BX costs a bit more, but is way easier than bending EMT. With practice, EMT is easy enough to work with, but probably overkill in a residential garage.

I have no idea what local code calls for, so take anything I write with a grain of salt.

[lex137]

You should just use 90 degree pvc elbows unless you have a hot box or blanket to make straight pieces into curves. Don't forget the more angles you put the harder the pull, but in your case with such small wire it won't matter. If you lived closer I could give you a can of glue to put your pvc pipes together.

[Sparky]

If you run 14/3 BX, you will shouldn't have to re run anything if you want to add in a 3 pole switch. BX costs a bit more, but is way easier than bending EMT. With practice, EMT is easy enough to work with, but probably overkill in a residential garage.

I have no idea what local code calls for, so take anything I write with a grain of salt.

Nobody uses BX anymore.

[Sparky]

Romex is legal in a garage.

[Great-Kazoo]

I ran mine (to code) behind the walls. Which fortunately had not been installed in the shop, yet.

Question for the pros (Sparky) Why GFI's in a shop / place where there is no water ?

[Sparky]

I ran mine (to code) behind the walls. Which fortunately had not been installed in the shop, yet.

Question for the pros (Sparky) Why GFI's in a shop / place where there is no water ?

There are these groups of guys called code panels. These guys go through the code book and think shit up to make electricity safer for us. Nobody but them understand why they think this crap up. I think it is because a gfci will trip quicker than a breaker in the instance there is damage to a piece of equipment. This rule only applies to 120v circuits not 220v circuits. go figure.