Building a new house and want to make sure I got all the electric covered. Besides outlets all over the place and under soffits at each corner, is there anything special I should think about? 220 in the garage?
Bro; it's residential wiring - go in at night with your own cable runs and boxes - the sheetrockers won't know who did the wiring and will just make the holes for them. As long you're still in the framing stage; just make it a night party and do it yourself.zaab said:
Thx y'all! Wife's going to love the cost of the new change order! (Since builders charge such a reasonable expense for this...).
SpreadsheetAg said:Bro; it's residential wiring - go in at night with your own cable runs and boxes - the sheetrockers won't know who did the wiring and will just make the holes for them. As long you're still in the framing stage; just make it a night party and do it yourself.zaab said:
Thx y'all! Wife's going to love the cost of the new change order! (Since builders charge such a reasonable expense for this...).
I snuck a bunch of stuff like this into my first home that we had built.
FrankWhite'56 said:
Not sure if electrical code has changed, but 220 used to be acceptable to be 2 conductor + ground anywhere outside of the living spaces (garage, A/C). This was a minor pain in the ass as some newer equipment/appliances are sort of hybrid and run off of a combination of 110/220 - so look for the neutral conductor that isn't there.
Make sure you're running (or specified) 3 conductor + ground cable to all the 220 spots around/outside the house. Inside will already be 3 + ground I think that's been code for a while.