Doesn't matter, if one makes it big enough. Since there are going to be 120v and 240v outlets all over the place, it can go anywhere!All this advice and nobody’s asked where the Kegerator is going! You guys are slipping!
Doesn't matter, if one makes it big enough. Since there are going to be 120v and 240v outlets all over the place, it can go anywhere!All this advice and nobody’s asked where the Kegerator is going! You guys are slipping!
Concur. And, if I had it to do again, I would use radiant floor heating.Consider a work garage, heated and air conditioned, with benches on 3 sides, outlets and air every 4 feet. Then unheated garage beside it with connecting door. Also separate area for lawn mower, snow blower etc, all within one building.
Next time, I will put lights in the floor under mine. They need to be waterproof and strong enough to occasionally drive on (outdoor landscape/sidewalk lights), so they're a little pricey.Doug,
Just recalled "one more thing:"
A friend put some 8' fluorescent lights about four feet up the wall around his lift so he could see better under the car when it was elevated.
The newer LED tubes would be more resistant to abuse than the old fluorescents.
If you get the LEDs, I prefer the ones with the diffuser vs the clear ones where you can plainly see the individual LEDs.
There are clear plastic tubes available that slip over the glass to add protection for the fluorescents, but I don't think you'd need them for the LEDs; they usually come inside plastic tubes - no glass.
Buy the maximum lumens!
Gawd this is fun spending someone else's money...
Tom
Next time, I will put lights in the floor under mine. They need to be waterproof and strong enough to occasionally drive on (outdoor landscape/sidewalk lights), so they're a little pricey.
It doesn't cause extra to put outlets high rather than low. You need to assume things will be moved around in the garage, stuff piled up against the wall, benches added or moved, etc. Good idea about alternating circuits for the outlets. And putting in lots of (cheap) outlets in up front obviates the need to put them in later or restrict where you use tools in the future. Again - it's the stingy man who spends the most, so, put in all your "desirements" up front, 'cause they are all very cheap then, especially compared with trying to add them later, or dealing with a lifetime of "I wish I had put in xxxx and yyyy." Many things, e.g., lights in the floor, are essentially impossible to add later.Is Doug building a garage or a villa? What happened to the sauna, bar, large screen tv and bathroom
4ft is normally over work benches, not needed for entire garage. Another good idea (but not required) is to have every other outlet on different circuits so that outlets over a work bench are not on the same circuit, assuming you are going to use both at the same time. Some of us don't have infinite wealth so needs, vice desirements are all we can afford.
I have put in outlets every six feet or so, in my garage, alternating duplex 120s and single 240s, with a few extra 120s in what I thought were strategic areas, e.g., over workbenches. I quickly realized that I needed at least 50% more 120s.My comment on 4 ft referred to seperation, not height. And no one said don't build it right the first time. Again the question is what are you going to use the garage for and what design characteristics do you need to achieve your goal.