Nearly There
Over the holiday break I have made a lot of progress and am nearly at the 'fun' part. I managed to complete a number of major jobs although the all had challenges I did not expect.
I have the wall and floor paint ready to go but it seems I was handed one more 'GOTCHA' as I completed the wiring today. When I went to wire in the 3 new circuits into the subpanel I thought it was odd that all the neutral and ground wires were connected together in the same bar. When I checked I confirmed that in a subpanel there should be a separate ground bar and in fact it should also have its own ground point which should be one of those 8ft copper rods. So now I need to install this and add a separate ground bar bonded to the box. Its not that tough or expensive but its yet another job that keeps me from getting tools in there. As there will be a lot of large metal tools connected I guess I would rather not have them go live on me
I hope my next pics will be of a nice newly painted shop with at least a couple of tools in there...
Over the holiday break I have made a lot of progress and am nearly at the 'fun' part. I managed to complete a number of major jobs although the all had challenges I did not expect.
- I ran some ducting under the floor to get DC to where my tablesaw/router will be located.
- Ripped out the old door and installed a new one. I cant tell you what a pleasure it is to have a door that opens and closes properly. This was hampered by the fact that the threshold was rotten and I had to cut out and repair a good check of it.
- Installed 3 new 20A circuits including a box in the floor next to the table saw. One emerges on the exterior for where I will next build on the room that will house the dust collector.
- Got all the flooring back down and replaced two sections near the door that had rotted due to the door issues.
- All wall panels replaced
- All remnants of old wall paper removed.
I have the wall and floor paint ready to go but it seems I was handed one more 'GOTCHA' as I completed the wiring today. When I went to wire in the 3 new circuits into the subpanel I thought it was odd that all the neutral and ground wires were connected together in the same bar. When I checked I confirmed that in a subpanel there should be a separate ground bar and in fact it should also have its own ground point which should be one of those 8ft copper rods. So now I need to install this and add a separate ground bar bonded to the box. Its not that tough or expensive but its yet another job that keeps me from getting tools in there. As there will be a lot of large metal tools connected I guess I would rather not have them go live on me
I hope my next pics will be of a nice newly painted shop with at least a couple of tools in there...
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