Un garage à la française

I got these https://www.gordonelectricsupply.co...MIlODi9O333AIVDa_ICh3yQQ80EAQYASABEgJ3yPD_BwE
You can daisy chain them from one outlet box without running more circuit wires.

The ones that Al linked do the same thing. Looks like the difference is the Satco have a hazy cover instead of clear.

I have doubled the light that I started with. I have one of these strips with a plug in pig tail that I use as a task light when i'm under the hood of the car.
 
Yeah, one annoying thing about the Hykolity lights is the clear lens, which doesn't diffuse the individual LEDs and can seem kinda harsh. The few lights I actually use are wrapped in white diffuser material.
 
Home Depot are on it! They sent me an email about an hour ago, letting me know an inspection of the garage was scheduled, for the 16th.

This, they informed me at about 8pm on the 17th ����
 
Garage door scheduled for Oct 19th, sucks having to wait that long, but not a whole lot I can do about it.

Ordered 10 of those lights similar to what had been posted earlier, figure that should be more than enough light. I'll probably split them into 2 groups of 5 or something, so I don't need to have all 10 on if not needed.

Gonna start measuring how much conduit I need later for running electric along the walls, kind of wondering if I can use the THHN wire I have to wire up the outlets, but I think it is going to be overkill and a pain to use in wall boxes (it's 6 AWG).
 
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Picked up everything I (think I) need to get the electrical all hooked up. Got the sub panel mounted on the wall today, trying to figure out where makes most sense to install all the outlets.

Decided to use Wago 221 connectors instead of wire nuts, I'm sure wire nuts would be fine, I just don't care for them. Don't ask why, no rational explanation! If I run out of the Wago connectors I'll use wire nuts on remaining.
 
Wago is French for "wire condom"


Sooo...are you surface mounting the electrical, or burying it in the walls. I surface-mounted all mine with plastic conduit
 
BigAl205 said:
Wago is French for "wire condom"
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No "fil de préservatif" here!


BigAl205 said:
Sooo...are you surface mounting the electrical, or burying it in the walls. I surface-mounted all mine with plastic conduit
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Surface mount, at this time it would be impossible to bury it in the walls. I was going to use THHN and EMT conduit, but spoke to a home inspector who said just Romex secured to the walls is all I need. Which, is part of why I am trying to put a good bit of thought into where I mount things. I have I think 5 x dual gang outlet boxes, 2 x single gang and a pair of light switches. Going to wire 5 lights to a switch and split the outlets into 2 circuits, the single gang boxes are for a GFCI on each circuit, going to mount one dual gang in the trusses for a router and garage door opener, then split the others down each side.

Have to figure out a way as well to stop my dang drill bit jumping. Installed the box for the light switches, have it level, mark and drill the first hole, start the second and the bit jumps just slightly meaning the box is no longer level.
 
Got most of the electrical run, lights mounted (need to adjust some, they're not quite straight). All the outlets are on the wall and wired up, just ran out of wire on the last run from switch to lights and switch to sub panel.

Gotta order a little more wire, get some conduit to put the main feed from the house into and can then get the permit/inspection sorted.
 
Electrical all done, got the last piece into the sub panel in the house this afternoon. That sucked way more than I was expecting... Picked up a fish tape from Harbor Freight, thinking straight shot above the dry wall, but the dang thing just kept coiling up on itself.

Anyway, that's done, got some dry wall repairs to do in the house garage now, but that's just patching the holes I cut for running wire.

Gotta connect the feed wire up at both ends, but need to get enough bravado to strip the outer jacket without damaging the inner. Not a problem on something like 12/2 but on 6/3 it's a little tougher to do.
 
I have light!!

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Not sure I will ever need more than the 10 light fixtures I put in there, with all 10 turned on (I wired them in 2 banks of 5) there is no dark spots anywhere. It's a really nice even light from front to back.

Decided to just take my time and carefully cut off the outer jacket on the UF-B cable, one end was easier than expected, the other end a pain in the ass. But, got that all done and hooked up. Flipped the breaker at the house, walked down the hill, flipped the breakers in the garage and everything works. It's actually pretty awesome having light and power in there, just makes it feel that much closer to finished.

I then took down a wifi extender I had bought and plugged that in, I was a little nervous given that at this point burying a fiber or ethernet line would have sucked. Anyway, plugged it in to an outlet I installed in the ceiling (garage door opener) waited for it to connect and then tried a speed test, still get a little over 100Mbps download speed in the garage, which is plenty.

Gotta chase up a lumber order for the doors and windows, get some siding and paint and call it done (for now). Trying to decide where to mount a TV down there as well, but that sort of thing is no real rush at all.
 
Busy couple days in the garage...

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Last month for the Hickory, NC meet I had stayed at Nicks house and we were talking about how he wanted to put the orange reflectors back in the headlights, as well as clean some fingerprints I had gotten on the inside of the lens (when I removed the orange reflectors) but that it would take him all day. I mentioned that it would only take about 20 minutes to knock the job out and we could work on it while I have the meet here. Friday afternoon we got started, I forgot how annoying one of the bolts that holds the bumper on can be (it's up behind the fender well, almost beside the headlight, but, the washer reservoir blocks any real access). Anyway, the 20 minute job turned into about a 2.5 hour job.

Later that day I get informed that the 71 Monte Carlo is being delivered Saturday, had to make sure I kept the driveway clear during the meet for that to be delivered.

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The picture really shows how evenly lit it is, pitch black outside, but really nice even light inside.
 
Notloudenuf said:
What are you doing to the Mustang and Monte Carlo?
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The Mustang is my middle sons, basically going to be his daily driver. It's a 67, already runs and drives, but so far we have installed power disc brakes and 3 point seat belts. Just picked up an 8" rear end so we can swap out the rear from 4 to 5 lug (front already done as part of the disc upgrade). Outside of making it as safe as possible, not much going on with it.

Monte Carlo was my father in laws, he bought it a few years back, spent a ton of effort getting it to where it is, but is over it (priorities changed). So, we took it on. At this point it really just needs putting back together - body work all done including paint, chassis has all been restored, new suspension and brakes are installed, transmission rebuilt, engine rebuilt except the top (basically, need to decide carb or fuel injection to finish). So, it just needs basically putting back together. Going to start with some sound deadening, then wiring, brake and fuel lines, engine and transmission in, basically get it running, then interior. Comments my wife has made about it (with regards to her Dad) mean at this point it is a family heirloom and never getting sold for any amount of money.
 
Having had multiple classics/muscle cars with carburetors, go fuel injection. Shouldn’t even be a thought. They make them to look very much like carbs to keep the look authentic. Better gas mileage (I get that’s usually not a worry with these cars) and more power. It also helps with adjusting timing on the fly and keeps that gas/exhaust smell to a minimum. Totally worth the added initial expense.
 
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