Adding 220 Volt Outlets to the Garage
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- čas přidán 6. 05. 2017
- Needing to run larger tools in your garage, but do not have the power to do so? No need to worry. Watch this 5 minute video to see how you can change that!
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Hey! Generally speaking, really solid job. At the end, you asked for feedback on things that weren't right/would have been done differently. There were basically 3 different things that were code violations. They are small, but I will mention them in response to the specific request for feedback at the end of the video.
1. The THHN is free aired the 2 inches or so through the wall above the panel, and goes through the knockout with no bushing (ie, the sharp edge of the panel could potentially cut the wire). The pipe should have run all the way to the panel and connected to it with the same kind of connector used to connect to the metal box you used for the splice. I don't think it would have been possible with the way you had the LB, so it would have had to be set up differently, maybe with 2 45s to get the pipe into the wall and hit the top of the panel. It would have made it more dangerous to pull the wire too (metal fish tape into a live panel is a bad idea)There's a couple other ways it could have been solved too, but running THHN through the wall not in a pipe is not something you are supposed to do.
2. The metal junction box in the center should have been bonded, ie, a green wire should have been attached to the metal box with a green screw and then spliced in with the other green wires. This would be so if that splice came apart and the wire hit the metal box, it would provide a path for current back to the panel so the breaker would trip instead of the outside of the box being live and potentially able to shock someone who touches it. You wouldn't have had to do this if you had used a plastic box here, or if you'd used metal pipe (because then the pipe would provide the path back)
3. This one is comparatively tiny, but white wire is only supposed to be used for neutrals. For 220, it should have been 2 colored wires and a ground, ie 2 black wires and a green, a black a red a green, etc. You could have also marked the white wires black in each box with a sharpie, tape, whatever. Unlike the others, this is a safety method only as a form of communication to anyone else working on it, the electrons don't care how it's marked. but it is a code violation.
4. Other than those, I might have used a 4 square box for the junction to leave more space for the splice, but that's not as big of a deal. That's it.
Your pipe run was really solid though, and your work looked fine in the panel and on the plugs. So again, nice job.
same 3 items i noticed
How about PVC rather than EMT? I thought EMT was required for surface mount as sched 40 doesnt cut it? I know that any pvc i ran exposed outside that could be damaged required sched 80..
@Gregory Rotondi I think she did run PVC.Just saying.
Hey Peter. I have the same situation I need to go from a flush mount panel to surface mounted conduit in my garage. Any suggestions on how to avoid the free aired THHN. Cheers
@@mikegarner2532 romex
I love the humility and positive attitude. April just tackles the job and makes it look awesome then says if I did it wrong let me know. That really shows her heart for teaching.
You can't trust people that think they're always right so to see someone admit they were wrong, ask questions, or welcome critiques is what we need more of in the world.
An Alternative to a fish tape is to run a string through while running the conduit. If you forget then use a shop vac to suck a string through. A small piece of rag tied to the end of the string will help the air carry the string through. I have pulled small lightweight string over 100' with the shop vac method. Great work, Like a Pro!!!
Your instructions are truly above par. This video feels like it is edited almost perfectly -- not long and drawn out, yet not so terse as to reduce clarity. The camera angles and distance get the information across effectively. Your tone is confident yet devoid of arrogance. I cannot think of a better do-it-yourself educational video. Excellence.
That was a great video. Thanks for sharing.
I have been an electrician for over 25 years and she also stated that she spoke to a few people before tackling this project. So maybe, just maybe All of the comments should be thought thru before being spouted in the comments. It s her shop and she is able to do as she ikes in said shop. Or better yet #youshould do what you do in your area and let others do what they do in theirs. Great video April YOU are an inspiration to me and got me back in the shop making wood glitter again
See, I've only been an Electrician for a few years now. Have worked on everything commercial and residential. 98% of the work I've seen done, that I didn't do personally, was done by Laborers, not Electricians. So if the person grasps the concepts of how electricity runs, ask questions about what they're unsure of, and feels comfortable doing the job themselves. I see nothing wrong with it. I've had to fix so many errors over the years that were done by Master Electricians. So I'm open to people trying things for themselves. It's not like she's figuring out demand factor and installing a whole new panel. She's adding a circuit to a panel capable of supplying said circuit. Although I would have put both Outlets on their own circuits rather than sharing a circuit.
In this case when it's just for equipment that will only be run one at a time this would be safe?
In her application she will probably never trip the breaker but technically you should plan your wiring for max possible amperage which would mean both outlets running at once. However unless she has multiple people working in her shop it will not be an issue. Can't say I would have done it differently.
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I'm in school to be a electrician and the only thing that really bugs me is when someone says 110 or 220 i know what they mean but its 120 and 240 that's they only thing i'm going to say.
Just a detail in your outlets boxes. If you are using white wire to run a phase for it , you must mark the wire with black tape. That notify next electrician that is not a neutral wire. Or replace it for a red color wire. In the panel same condition, that white wire should be marked. For all the rest, excellent work.
I love that you post these videos. I often watch them with my 2 year old daughter just so she can see a woman working around this kinda stuff instead of just men. Not to be that person that hops on a bandwagon about equal rights but there's a big difference between telling her she can do anything and showing her a women that's doing it all perfectly. Thanks again April!
Great video! Organized, logical, clearly recorded and narrated, no excessive babble. I wish more instructional videos were like this.
Hi April. I know you completed this task quite some time ago but I'm now ready to wire in a 220v outlet for my welder. I was so impressed with your work, I knew right where to go for instructions. Thanks for sharing.
Yep, I'm in the same boat. Did you wire in the 220v receptacle yourself? If so, do you mind if I ask you some questions about it?
No code comments from me. :) Now Cody has 220 for when you move out. You have come a long ways from making wooden spoons and boxes. You are getting close to half million subs.
Hmmmm...I don't ever recall her making wooden spoons.
Haha no code from you John? Yeah half a million is crazy, and neat. : )
Any special plans for when you hit that 500K mark?
so you didn't pick up on the white under the breaker termination i see.
The white is supposed to be terminated to the breaker, not to the neutral bar, when used in 220. She's using both phases not just one.
The reason you can’t run a sleeved wire like SO or SER or Romex is all about the temperature. Good job. And also remember to never run a fish tape into a panel.
The NEC doesn’t explicitly ban running romex in conduit, but there’s not much reason to do so generally. THHN/THWN is cheaper and easier to run. A lot of electricians don’t run it because of concerns over potential heat issues, which makes sense. You definitely can’t run flexible cord though in any permanent installations, in or out of conduit.
@@MD-en3zm , what about " type W " flexible cord as a permanent installation? id love to hear your interpretation on the nec code about that.
@Tom Garbo there are exceptions in that article but in a conduit is not one. So cord is permanent and acceptable if used properly.
@@MD-en3zm do you mean MC wire?? And what I been told is you cant run romex thru conduit slab and outside . That it has to be UF wire
No, its conduit fill. SO cord would take up about 80+ % of the conduit fill.
I'm an industrial electrician and you did everything rather well. The only thing I would do differently would be make the end of your fish tape a little smaller and tape over it after you add the wire. In doing so, this will lessen the risk of the fish tape hanging up while preforming the pull.
Nice job.
Dont you see a missing connector between the box and the ell, the wire will be rubbing against the sharp edge of the KO
You can never use too much tape to connect wire to fish tape.
As always, these videos from April are pretty awesome. I will say this, I do not know if anyone else has mentioned this. She totally landed the wire inside the panel like I would expect a woodworker to. By simply cutting out the sheetrock and fabricating a makeshift panel.
Thoughts for future projects.... Cut the sheetrock to the ceiling and run the conduit in the wall so you have a clean entrance into the panel and a 90 degree bend up top. Since this a garage the wall coverings might need to be fire rated, meaning fire code sheetrock or a piece of metal, so that's what you cover the hole with, not wood. Thinking a bit further, if the conduit to the ceiling was run extra large (or several pieces) to a large junction box, then any future expansion of additional circuits could be brought up top without opening the wall again. Tip for other novices: An LB may not have any splices and they are only for pull points. You must have a box or an LB every 360 degrees. Basically you use 3 elbows and the 4th must be a box or LB.
We need more women like you in the trade industries. Unfortunately they are far and few between. Great work, and thanks for the video!
The world needs more women like her - period.
Alpha Talon could use a a whole lotta men like her too!
Yaaa girls are capable too!! Girl power.
Andrew Finnell .....He says with a lisp. (leave me alone, it’s funny)
Its a problem with society where we instill this notion in our young women that they should only be doing certain things and not others.
Hi! GREAT Video! I'm glad to see you included the part about the NEC and changing from SOOW to THHN. One recommendation, replace the red-striped white wire with actual red THHN, or just adding red THHN. This way, if you want to change the feed to 120V, or break out each phase (120V-A and 120V-B), retaining the white neutral wire gives you that option. Other than that, this is video is well put together and narrated. Keep up the good work!
Hehe, I just ran 220v for my CNC but I didn't want to show anyone because I know the comments would come in.. lol. Good on you for tackling it yourself!
; ) ha thanks
GINGER...DON'T WORRY ABOUT THE NEGATIVE COMMENTS, JUST DO IT, WE PRO'S KNOW WHEN ITS DONE RIGHT
I bet is a shiti job
Hi April, Recent subscriber here. I've been a master electrician for 35 years or so. I think the issue with running cord in conduit is that you then need to derate the ampacity of the cord due to heat buildup. Also, when you run individual wires in conduit you need to complete the run all the way into the panel. Looks like you stopped at the LB on the wall above the panel. Nice job. Great videos. Gives me ideas for what to do with my shop. Thanks.
Thanks for pointing that out. The NM conduit MUST be continuous all the way through the knockout on the panel to prevent abrasion of the wire insulation at the pass-through. Expansion and contraction of the wire may cause movement sufficient to wear away the insulation at the knockout, causing a short.
Great work as always, I’ll be tackling a similar project this weekend when I add a 220v service panel to my shed.
I probably have seen this video years ago, but just watched it again. Makes me want to rip out my shoddy electrical work I did in my shop and redo it. Nice work, love your videos.
April I have been watching your videos for a couple of months now and I really enjoy them. As a state licensed Electrical contractor I do have a couple of thoughts though. You definitely need an individual circuit for each 240 volt outlet to prevent overloading the circuit breaker and the metal junction box needs to be bonded to the equipment ground. The Handy box you used is just barely sufficient to contain the wires you have in it. If you were to reinstall the circuit conductors and make all six wires (2 hot wires and a ground for each circuit) long enough to go from the breaker panel to the individual outlets with no splices then the current pipe and junction box would legally and safely accommodate them. No more worries of overloading the circuit breaker and there would be no need to bond the box to ground since there are no splices in the box. Overall I loved your installation. A lot of people don't realize the NEC requires us to install in a neat and workman like manner. Unfortunately that requirement gets overlooked a lot. Thanks for setting a good example. Keep up the good work.
The handy box is 13 cu, shes at 17.5 with box fill for conductors not accounting for the 3 huge 3/4" pvc ta in the box-314.16(b)1 , 3' support for pvc 1/2" to 1" -352.30, metal box grounding 314.4. White for an ungrounded conductor, and running thhn free air from the lb to the top of the panel, I know there is no fitting that would work for that scenario she did. Not gluing the PVC, Emt straps for pvc when pvc 2 hole straps should be used as listed for that purpose....Your solution for box fill issue is sound Ron, I don't doubt she has the ability to do it correctly, and to code, I just wish people would do it correctly before posting an incorrect install that is not to code OR actually pay to have a licensed and insured electrical company do the work for them correctly in the first place. Thumbs up to you Ron, stay safe out there. It was a neat and work woman like manner install. That's a mlo subpanel and not the main panel from all the 240v 2 pole breakers in it. Wonder what that white wire is doing next to the grounded conductor feeding the panel...
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i BELIEVE IN PLENTY OF LEADS AND ROOM TOO
You forgot that she didn't mark the ends of the white conductor with black or red ul approved electrical tape 6 inches from the end of the terminations.
There is nothing in the NEC that precludes multiple outlets off a 240 branch circuit. In a single person shop, it's not unreasonable to calculate load based on the maximum number of outlets that could practically be in use at one time. Should an unusual situation arise that exceeds that maximum, the breaker will trip. That's what breakers are for.
Disclaimer: I'm not an electrician and I'm always open to correction.
YOU are Incredible! Thanks for sharing your Wisdom April !!!!
Well I just watched a renovation and he found so much dangerous crappy work in that home that it's best you take every precaution especially if you didn't wire your own house. Good job April and always listen to the professionals, you did right to look it up yourself and make an informed decision.
First video I've ever seen of yours. You did a very good job and I really enjoyed watching you work. I have to say that seeing a women working with tools AND having nice nails while doing it, is a nice thing to see. Liked.
Enjoyed watching you do this. Thanks for posting. Even some of the experts that tried to show off their knowledge are not fully correct. You got the job done, good for you. I'd use either of those receptacles.
I like to watch, too.
And let the comments begin. Ha. Ok a few notes from me: I am comfortable tackling this job myself and did lots of reading and asking around before starting it. It also isn't my first time doing electrical work. Depending on your knowledge level of electricity you might consider hiring the job out and then regardless of your knowledge level, have an inspector check over your work.
Something I didn't show in the video just because of time sake: Before energizing the circuit I went through with my meter and check continuity between each one of the legs to make sure there wasn't a short.
For those who don't know the acronyms: EMT is metal conduit. NEC is the National Electrical Code.
There was a big discussion about needing a red wire instead of a white. This is something that was brought up on Instagram while I was doing the project and the take away was if the intended load is 220/240v then two hots and a ground are sufficient. If there was something like an onboard clock or additional function (like an electric stove or dryer has) that requires 110/120v then an additional wire for neutral would be required. However, since I used white I did mark it with a red marker at the breaker so anybody looking in the panel will know that it's being used as hot.
all your tools amazing
I am surprised you are even allowed to do that, as most countries it is illegal to do your own plumbing and electrical work (some even restrict data cabling)
It still needs to pass code and be inspected. Not being allowed to run data calming is just trade unions run amok.
It's pretty common in the US to be able to do the work on your own house as long as you follow code and inspection procedures.
It's worth pointing out that some jurisdictions (like my county) require that a licensed electrician do all electrical work (on top of the permit), so individuals aren't legally allowed to do things like this themselves everywhere, regardless of comfort, knowledge, or safety.
I know this is old, but it popped up on my feed, so I had to watch it. I am never going to do a project like this, but I love watching you work and listening to you explain things, having seen and liked many of your other videos.
Perfection.
After watching many "how to" videos concerning a great variety of subjects, I found your ability to communicate clearly, most rewarding.
Thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
Wow two years ago this was posted and I just saw it. First DAMMM YOUR GOOD. Second you’re an inspiration! Third lots of man can learn from you. I’m a diy and I can take tips from you any day
Very nice work April. Where I am you can get a homeowner's electrical licence which allows you to pull a permit, do your own work and call for inspection. Basic test on electrical code and a few $$. Have you ever thought about contacting the STEM instructors at the local high schools? I think it would be a good thing for the girls to see a successful young lady so that they will understand that they can do it too.
EXCELLENT idea!
$$ being the primary goal
I simply research the intricacies of the electrical job I'm going to do if anything isn't already in my knowledge base (on my own property, of course) , get the materials and install. No permit or inspection. Then again, I plan on living here until I die, so I'm not concerned about a permit paper trail for reselling. If I'm ever unsure of a task after researching it thoroughly, electrical or otherwise that needs to be perfect, I hire it done. What I love about diy electrical is due to the money savings, you can spend more on the equipment. Higher grade breakers/breaker boxes, heavier gauge wire (future-proofing for additional loads) EMT conduit instead of straight romex, wide and deep outlet boxes so if I ever decide to run more wires it's easier to use it as a junction (and it's still within code for capacity, too!) etc. :)
April, I second David's comment. When my daughter is of school age I hope she will have access to role models like yourself. Great videos.
The most recent three electrical jobs where I knew the work was permitted and inspected included two kitchen ranges miswired with hot and neutral swapped and one Siemens/ITE panel with HomeLine breakers installed and slots in the cover where extra knockouts were removed and left open.
But not to worry, I'm sure the three cities involved will be happy to refund the inspection fees when the homeowner is electrocuted, e.g. by touching the range and kitchen faucet at the same time.
We are really fortunate to have April.She is easy to listen to,humble enough for suggestions and comments.I have always learned something from watching her videos
She's the worst teacher possible.. it's a one-sided conversation she begs for advice and criticism and never comments back to the well thought out polite and strategically worded comments from professionals. These folks have put some extensive thought into this comment and she doesn't even say boo not a single time.. that's another crappy teacher to my world
Ok, all the corrections/elect. comments were super helpful, but as a basic handy homeowner you were an amazing resource to me. I've done almost all the work on my house but electrical was always a little bit daunting. Your video is clear concise neat an excellent for someone like me, thank you so much! Liked and subscribed. Yes there are things to correct and fix for code and inspection etc but this was so helpful for someone who's just starting off and learning about electrical. Also specifically looking to wire 220 into his garage for a table saw :-) thank you again
I love how your "supervisors" are so vigilantly supervising @ 4:40 :)
Yeah....they work hard. ; ) haha
You did an awesome job on that install!
April, your projects are fabulous and videos to match. Thanks much for posting!
I love ur attention to detail… plum-ing the square plywood pieces you were mounting the conduit to was a display of expertise. Great job girl! I wasn’t convinced at first but I changed my mind.
Glad you liked it!
You rock, I love seeing women doing this type of work with confidence.
The magic of video
I was waiting to see how you made the transition from your LB to your panel
HEY APRIL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PROFESSIONALISM IN YOUR INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEO. THIS WAS MY 4TH 220 TODAY AND YOUR WAS BY FAR THE BEST, MOST CLEAN CUT IN EVERY WAY AND EXTREMELY PROFESSIONAL. I FEE;L CONFIDENT TO BEGIN AND FINISH THIS ON MY OWN.
SHERRY/LONG BEACH, CA.
I was trying to figure out how to tie into my panel with finished walls in my garage, with PVC and this makes total sense! Thanks for the tip
Bold April - showing an electrical project like this. If you do a dust collection video and lighting video for this new shop you will have the trifecta of videos for the internet experts to rip into. Great job!
; ) Ha yeah, I thought about not filming it just because I know how people to respond to anything electrical....that's why the first shot shows the drywall already cut out. But then I changed my mind. I feel like this is project that a ton of people want to know more about so I said screw it. I'll do it and let people pipe up on my video and anybody looking to replicate the project and take the video as well as the feedback in the comments to do so.
I can't wait to see what you come up with for a dust collection system.
They're such neat experiments in practical physics, and have so many variables to play with.
Shop dust collection always seems like this cool living experiment that adapts and grows over time.
Thanks for posting it, ive been considering doing this in my shop and so this video was very helpful.
What people sometimes forget is that there are good DIYers and poor professionals. I partly wired my house (new breaker panel, most sockets) under our local Building Control (aka your permit system) and the Building Inspector was most happy - as was the electric company when they came to replace the main cutout fuse (for the breaker panel swap - I got a compliment off him for being neater than most pros).
I employed an electrician for the lighting (to my design, lots of ZWave home automation modules) as I was running out of time and I had 50+ cables to run. His work is compliant, works perfectly and he did help me with some of the paperwork for certifying my stuff (I can do the testing and numbers part, but there's a massive tickbox form that I'm not used to). He also gave me peace of mind as a second pair of eyes that I hadn't missed anything - but ultimately I was signing my own work to the Building Inspector and he was doing wholly isolated additional work, which is certified through his own professional body.
However, with no disrespect intended, I kinda wished his wiring was as neat as mine. It is, when it's visible to the householder, but I like everything to be neat, even under the floor. Trouble is, from his point of view, it would add 50% to the job and most people would not want to pay for what they cannot see. I should have specified that in the job and got him to price it in - I just assumed it would be...
He's not the "poor professional" mentioned above - he's a super bloke and I would certainly use him again if needed as he's super helpful, tidy and as I said, there's nothing wrong with his work from a regs point of view. I would just be a little bit more specific up front.
What I was referring to with the "poor professional": I have seem some dire work with regulatory violations done by so called pros, usually house building companies. Earths missing, marker sleeving not there, poor layout, things done on the cheap, cables running outside of permitted zones. I've also caught 2 gas registered fitters out too - one was incompetent and I reported him and the other was safe but slapdash.
That point was just that sometimes, a DIYer can get a better result because we have more time and more emotional investment. The cons are that the DIYer sometimes does not realise that something is going to be a problem or not, so may not know when to ask. Or in my case, I fret about whether something is "the correct way" when a pro would just slap it in because he knows everyone does it like that.
It's clear April knows her abilities and is happy to ask - like me - and good for her!
But there will always be a naysayer who says "DIY electrics - ha - unsafe, you plebs cannot possibly know what you are doing..."
great work! I love how you unfortunately know the barrage of comments is coming and just embrace it.
I thought this was going to be hard at first,thanks to your video ,i have done this 6 times,mine and a couple of my friends ,Thank you so much! 👍👍
I liked/used your idea of cutting in a panel/patch to gain access to the bottom of my panel to add conduit. Thanks!
I dont know why my CZcams Feed has brought us together. But it has. I have enjoyed your projects and I think you did a great job. Especially considering everything I've seen you do is out of your "skillset" so to speak. I got to play electrician for a while and I think you did a good job. I basically would do whatever an electrician would tell me just like you did lol. Life is all about gaining skills to help you and your family succeed. Little things like wire colours, and labels dont matter. I would like to see you keep your cover on the panel tho!
Running the conductors alone through the conduit is much easier also than trying to run shielded cable through conduit. My only 2 cents is that in busy shop we would typically run dedicated circuits for each power tool but in a small shop where one tool would be running at a time, it's not a big deal. Nice job :)
I know, I was just adding that even if it were allowed, it is easy to fish the conductors without shielding. We actually had a rehab job where I wanted to run a partially expose romex through a conduit for a short distance and the electrical inspector let us do it for then one instance. I just remember how big of a pain it was running the shielded cable through the conduit.
ArtisanTony I would have separated the two circuits myself since she talked about using the plasma which will use the compressor too. Both are 220 items.
Roger The Tinker I can't remember ever sharing a 220v circuit but I guess when you have a small shop with one person working and mostly one tool running you can get by with it.
+ArtisanTony I am not an electrician but I did sleep at a Holiday Inn Express last night. To that degree, I feel regardless of her intended use she should make individual circuits for the plugs. That is the common understanding and this seems to be an exception perhaps only being an inconvenience as some units draw quite a bit of current upon starting.
I feel she should label the outlets as related to the breaker box , ie. 12A and 12B.
ArtisanTony I
I'm impressed that you didn't use just any old breaker in the panel. I've gone behind many electricians who used what they had on hand to get the job done regardless of whether the breaker was UL listed for the panel.
Running a 240v/60amp circuit from my main overhead in 1” PVC, across the ceiling and through the wall into garage for an EV charger. YOUR video was the best I could find on YT - seriously. I’m using YOUR idea to use an LB to get the 6 gauge into the panel. That was an absolutely genius way to do it. Thank you, ma’am 👍
April, Very nice video! I started designing electrical in 1983. Two things. You should re-identify the white conductor to red. You can use tape for this. You are not allowed to run THHN in a wall cavity. You should use NM(Romex) cable from the panel to a junction box(not the LB). Since you did not detail breaker amps, wire size, and devices used, no way to comment on that.
I hope you do not mind that I answered a few questions in the comments too.
Respectfully, Kevin
I know this comment was 3 years ago but maybe you could give me some knowledge. I had a 20amp gfci/afci installed in my garage for a table saw (110v outlet). It trips everytime I turn it on. I thought about taking the wire and breaker out and installing the proper gauge and adding a 30amp for that outlet. Am I running into issues doing this?
April, you knew the "Code Police" were going to rip you on this video, but you took your medicine. Great work as always and thank you for another great video. The new shop is looking awesome and I can't wait to see more projects for self inspiration. You rock!
Great Video as always. I am not a professional electrician either, but was shown another method to chase wires through conduit. It is, a little easier and I believe gunner. I use a vacuum cleaner to suck a small fabric wad attached to a polypropylene string, attached to the wire I’m pulling. It is quick and easy as the metal fish can sometime hang up and is limited to a certain length. Good stuff, keep woodworking.
How have I not seen your channel before!! I got a smile from your giddy laugh running the fish tape, haha. Subscribed.
What a great video! Thank you. I wish that you would have show us how to do the connection on the main box so that we could do it also.
A lot of us here on the comment board do these kinds of things in our homes. Without permits. We just don't advertise it to the world. Kudos to April for putting herself out there.
; ) Thanks
One option would be to rope it all in and get an electrician to pull the permits and hook it up. Just wait until your house burns for "whatever" reason or you want to sell and a permit search is done and bingo a problem. This is a cheap way to save you a headache.
cjpenning best comment. what she did might not be %100 up to code, but she did a nice and SAFE Installation.
Many if not most jurisdictions allow a home owner or electrician to do things like this without a permit required. Some of the northeast states and some cities require permits for everything but in most places in the US there is no permit required to do what she did.
cjpenning she's definitely the only girl that I know that uploads diy stuff to CZcams got made respect for her
I need a 220 outlet in my garage so I can plug in an oven and bake powder coated parts. This video was a great place to start. Thanks, April!
I like the brief shot of the 3 helpers supervising your work.
Yep! Couldn't have done it without them. :) Thanks for watching.
Really great job! I'm very impressed with you.
I'm pretty sure it's against code to giggle while using a fish tape. =)
If I were an inspector, I would give her a pass :)
No it's not
i thought it was against code if you didnt?
How is it that you have so much space in you electrical box?
Section 308.36 B state no one ever laughs using fishing materials
Great video. I have the same garage main breaker box situation and wasn't sure how to add outlets. Your access panel above is a great idea.
Your verbal directions were succinct and video well organized. Great job.
So just to qualify, I'm a journeyman electrician in Los Angeles and I work for a company with 300+ men and women in the field and you did better than half the "electricians" I work with. So Bravo and keep practicing. The code (NEC) is subject to interpretation and sometimes more local codes can conflict and muddy the waters. So don't necessarily believe everything applies to everyone everywhere. I'd recommend always seeking local advice for code guidance like this. For example a chicago electrician would say how I wire a house in los angeles is not up to code, but we both follow the NEC. local code came into play and we can both be right in our respective areas. Only thing I would suggest is to not energise that panel with the dead front (cover) off. You could take voltage readings at the receptacle much safer. Exposing yourself to live bussing is pretty sketchy. I don't do it and I don't let anyone working under me do it either. As long as you never work hot and keep your wits about you and you should be fine.
: ) Thank you
I'm an electrician but you are doing much better than many of my colleagues.
I hope you’re kidding
I ended up adding a 60A subpanel in my garage. Originally, there was only one 15A circuit for the garage, and all of the exterior receptacles around my house. This included only one GFCI receptacle in the garage, and the door opener. I added a wall heater and a 2 Ton through the wall A/C unit, plus three additional 20A circuits for receptacles. It's nice when the main panel is right in the garage!
You are correct to change out hte SO cable. NEC 400.8 (6). Uses not permitted; where installed in raceways. I like that you actually showed that you switched it out. That is part of the trade--learning by doing.
They see me rollin'....
Great video April!
Andrea's Workshop exactly!! She did her thing.
; ) haha thanks guys (and gal)
Thermoplastic high heat resistant nylon coated. I always say that when i ask helpers for the wire and their faces are priceless. You did a great job.
The giggle with the fishing was hilarious. I started out in networking, pulling cable, and don't ever remember giggling... Not once... Well, there was the time we pulled in 600 pair with a forklift and the mule tape broke, and the forklift tipped over... We've got a Ford Mach-e coming, and we're on the early list for a Ford Lightning, and only have one 220, excellent video!
Im proud of you gurl! Im a filipina housewipe, just new in states, i recently got involve or should i say liking the wood stuff, and end up getting some powertools, but my problem is i only 15 amp in our garrage, been looking for someone who can help me increase that amperage to accomodate more of my power tools, that wont cost me fortune😬. Btw you’re awesome im fan of yours, watched some of your builds too, thought are very good👍👍
Really helped me out. Thank you so much!
Nicely done and professional looking. I’m in the process of buying a new house with a big garage and look forward to doing this. Thank for the video!
Great video and clean/neat workmanship! The only thing I would add is to rotate your PVC conduit so that the black printing always faces the wall so that it is not visible to the eye. Obviously this is just an aesthetic thing but I have found it makes all the difference in the final look!
Hello Miss Gadget, I think that you are the prettiest and uplifting people that I know. I watch your videos to help me through a rough day and to see and hear you laugh, I love it, like when you laughed when you heard the wire going through the conduit. lmao Every time I check out CZcams to see about doing something here in my pole barn, your doing the same thing ! Your a awesome gal and I wish you were my neighbor. lol
Hello, April. This was especially helpful. Thanks for posting. There have been other things we learned from you in previous vlogs as well.
Your big table saw, plasma cutter, or air compressor! Dang girl, I'am jealous! Your man cave is bigger than mine.
Thanks. Very helpful. I am in the same position to run wire to my garage and add outlets. This Video was very helpful.
Awesome, April. One suggestion: discuss the size of the conduit used (and why you used that) and also the gauge of the wire you used. 1.28M subscribers and 1.7M views. You're going to need a bigger garage!
April, you're an amazing and talented person! I see in the comments about the incorrect color wires used, etc. which is something my untrained eyes could not determine. But regardless of that, you are very good at innovation and can handle power equipment as good as anyone else. Good luck to you in all your future ventures. p.s. I subscribed to your channel!
You used a white conductor for one of the lines. In Florida, that wire would have to be "Phased". Since it is a 120/240-volt circuit, it would have to be Black, Red or Blue tape. If it were a 3 phase system it would need to be Brown Orange or Yellow.
Other than that and not gluing the PVC you did a great job.
Black red blue is a 3 phase system.. 120/208... Brown orange yellow is also a 3 phase system but that is 277/480
Matthew Britzman Sir, I said 120/240.. I referred to a typical single family dwelling.
I have seen Poly systems in the kitchen of the Phipps home in Tallahassee, Fl.
Awesome tutorial, using red and black wire is always best on 220v wiring due to white on a home wiring is usually a switched line but still a great install and simple enough to follow. Thank you again.
Love Your Videos... It does help.. I'm a new home owner, and very handy with home projects. Thanks for sharing..
Another good video. I learned an easy way to snake conduit years ago on one of our Commercial job sites, an apprentice forgot a pull line on a 500ft conduit with too many elbows to snake it, the "Old guy" as they called him grabbed fishing line, tissue paper, and a shop vac and had a tracer line in no time flat. I'm a carpenter and have shown this to more than a few Electricians and they laugh because it is so simple and fast to do.
That's awesome!
I've done this with jetline pullstring and a piece of plastic bag, but fishing line and tissue paper is a great idea!
thats called a tampon...
Or compressed air from the other end. Harder to seal though.
It’s called pulling a birdie or conduit piston. Common practice for pulling wire
The whites should be marked with a turn of tape (or you should have used red wire instead) as they are not neutral (240V being a live to live connection).
When pulling the wires through it may help to put a turn of tape around the hook to avoid it catching on something and undoing itself.
ratchetfreak good point!
I came back with a red marker and marked the white just like the other whites in the breaker box. : )
Bob you are on a tangent but don't seem to know what you're going on about. I put out there that people should definitely, regardless of their knowledge level have an inspector check their work. Also, I have a handle on this white vs red wire being used situation. I've addressed it in several comments.
Wiring up a new line from a panel is not rocket science.
- Triple check your documentation before starting (And double check you what bits you can legally do in your area), get everything double checked and inspected by someone qualified for it, and be prepared to unhook things and start over if needed.
one thing I forgot to ask: Did you ground the boxes? When using plastic conduits with metal boxes each box must be grounded.
Great work April. Really professional looking job.
Looks good, this video among others helped me do my own wiring for a level 2 car charger at home.
PVC is conduit however sleeves are permitted to prevent mechanical damage but there is a limit as to length, which you exceeded. You are required to bond the handy box as it's metal. And I hope you used a bushing in the knockout hole in the panel, but instead of the LB, you could have offset the PVC directly into the top of the panel and used all individual wires (no SO cord). You may have avoided splices if the devices permitted two wires under one screw/clamp.
All in all, you did a nicer install than a lot of electricians would have done and certainly all homeowners.
damn good video!! straight and to the damn point you talk us to death like some people either!! subbed! I am a fan!
Absolutely fantastic video! Thanks for all the clear and concise advice!
You did what most men couldn’t do I salute you and I don’t think you should worry about the little things you may have done differently the only thing that matters is that it works and you taught others thank you
Great job. One of the first questions to ask when doing a project like this is, How many amps will I need? The number of amps will determine what gauge wire you will need. Doesn't hurt to pull a larger wire and use appropriate breaker.
Beautiful and smart too!
I was genuinely a little scared of doing this; me and electricity do not get along...
After seeing you tackle this project, I feel 100% confident now. I can do this myself.
Be 99% confident and double check your work. It's worth it.
Excellent job!
If you're ever pulling wire on a longer run, and the wire is getting hard to pull, they make a lubricant that's electrical grade to make it easier to pull the wire through the conduit.
Great job. Very good video, short, but covered all the bases. No unnecessary dialog with the dogs :)
You can wire an outlet while keeping a fresh manicure, where are the other ladies like you hiding! I'm an electrician and you did a great job!
a useful woman. its like seeing sasquatch
Great job and a great video. I am impressed at how willing you are to learn from other experts. I am a licensed GC and the only thing I saw that might be an improvement is to run 10 GA or 12 GA romex in the attic space (or second floor interstitial space) instead of conduit. You would have had to repair some drywall, but you seem very intelligent and capable of doing that. This would have provided a cleaner look and you would not have had to mess with conduit except at the drops down your columns from the ceiling.
Again, this is a very impressive video - you did a wonderful job.
So much better then most you tubers post! I'm a licensed electrical contractor in CA and only a couple comments. Should have used any color but white for your second hot leg. White is only for a neutral not a hot leg. Junction box could have been bigger but your make up wiring looked good. Conduit is necessary in a garage, Romex cannot be secured to a wall. Good call on the conduit and THHN. Looked good!
Thanks!
@@AprilWilkerson using the white wld be OK if you mark it with black or red marker or 2 dabs of tape. And yes use a 4square box even a deep oversized square box a little more money but the space to work with is worth it
I'm in love w you lol, for not being an electrician it's nice to see that you know what your doing. I would of used a 4 inch square junction box and EMT but I enjoyed your video and I got a kick out of you using the fish tape lol
To save your fish tape pull some cord through first and use it to pull the cable through. Great project. Keep them coming.
Always a good idea to pull a fish string through and leave it in place....in case you have to add something later.
Plus fish string is remarkably handy for other projects around the shop: It's very strrong, cheap, and easy to work with.
Very nice, April, good work 🤓👍
New bucket list for me. Spen 12 hrs in this garage repaing half my house! Just wow!!!!
I like the comments that detail each and every possible improvement to the work, especially the ones that reference code requirements. To be safe, all the code requirements must be followed. That's why the code exists. I appreciate the video and all it teaches. A well done video as far as it goes, but the instruction it gives is not complete without the comments correcting and adding things that must be done. That said, I liked the video and it was useful for me.