BruceC
Aluminum
- Joined
- Dec 20, 2004
- Location
- San Jose, Ca
I am building a shop, 55'x35' (actually someone is building it for me). It is time to do the electrical. I want flexibility which will allow me to add outlets for relocated machinery or new machinery. I have explored a product by Wiremold which is a long skinning rectangular box (raceway) (1 3/4"x4 3/4"x10') in which I could run wire through the length of the shop wall (by stringing the boxes together) and place outlets on the side facing toward the center of the shop. I would be able to take the side of the box off to add wire and add or relocate outlets.
http://www.wiremold.com/shared_content/pdf/ed530.pdf
Seems like a good idea except it costs $6.38/foot. This does not include the special accessories I would need like outlet covers etc.
I talked with an electrician who suggested I get 4"x4" electrical gutters which he said are similar to the product by Wiremold but cheaper (less fancy). But the electrical supply house I called said the longest they carry is 36" and sell for $25. Plus I would need a coupling to attach the 36" sections together to go the length of the wall.
It seems to me there should be a product out there like a 4"x4"x 10" box which I could string end to end the length of the shop wall, run wire through and drill holes in to run wire out of and into an outlet box which doesn't cost a fortune.
This is opposed to putting in a lot of outlets (110V, 220V, 3 phase, etc.) behind the drywall which would limit flexibility in the future
Any suggestions?
Thank you, Bruce
http://www.wiremold.com/shared_content/pdf/ed530.pdf
Seems like a good idea except it costs $6.38/foot. This does not include the special accessories I would need like outlet covers etc.
I talked with an electrician who suggested I get 4"x4" electrical gutters which he said are similar to the product by Wiremold but cheaper (less fancy). But the electrical supply house I called said the longest they carry is 36" and sell for $25. Plus I would need a coupling to attach the 36" sections together to go the length of the wall.
It seems to me there should be a product out there like a 4"x4"x 10" box which I could string end to end the length of the shop wall, run wire through and drill holes in to run wire out of and into an outlet box which doesn't cost a fortune.
This is opposed to putting in a lot of outlets (110V, 220V, 3 phase, etc.) behind the drywall which would limit flexibility in the future
Any suggestions?
Thank you, Bruce