I'm finishing up my garage right now. its slow going because I dont get weekends off but rather 2 days a week that aren't necessarily together.
I ran all the wiring for 12 new recepticles and a separate circuit for shop lights. I put 3 sets of recepticles on each wall. I ran wiring from each box direct to the main panel so i could make any box its own dedicated circuit if I wanted.
problem is the panel is full! there isnt physically enough space to cram all the wires into the panel to hook em up.
I was thinking about splicing one box from each wall to its brother on the other wall and running one cable per 2 boxes into the panel. This would allow me to have 3 wires going into the main panel instead of 6. do they make special boxes/junctions for this kind of splice? is this code?
I got space saving breakers (2 in the space of one old one) rated for 20A. 12/2 wiring. 20A receptacles (2 receptacles per box), with 3 boxes on each of the 2 walls.
I also have a separate 15A circuit for the shoplights.
thanks for any thoughts.
I ran all the wiring for 12 new recepticles and a separate circuit for shop lights. I put 3 sets of recepticles on each wall. I ran wiring from each box direct to the main panel so i could make any box its own dedicated circuit if I wanted.
problem is the panel is full! there isnt physically enough space to cram all the wires into the panel to hook em up.
I was thinking about splicing one box from each wall to its brother on the other wall and running one cable per 2 boxes into the panel. This would allow me to have 3 wires going into the main panel instead of 6. do they make special boxes/junctions for this kind of splice? is this code?
I got space saving breakers (2 in the space of one old one) rated for 20A. 12/2 wiring. 20A receptacles (2 receptacles per box), with 3 boxes on each of the 2 walls.
I also have a separate 15A circuit for the shoplights.
thanks for any thoughts.
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