I have a 3 car garag...., er.. shop that is sheetrocked, and there are only 2 120v circuits in it. 1 is for the ceiling outlets used by the garag... er.. shop door openers, and 1 with 3 GFCI outlets on it.
I am wanting to add 2 120v circuits for general tool use, and 2-3 240v circuits for a new SawStop (soon to be gloat ), a cyclone DC and a larger compressor. I already have a sub panel in the shop with 7 slots available, so I think that I have the capacity.
I have some questions about the best way to go about this project:
1) If I run these circuits in EMT mounted on the sheetrock, how do they exit the panel? Do I drill a hole in the sheetrock beside the sub panel and put in a 90° elbow and then start the run along the sheetrock?
2) Where should I run the conduit - along the chair rail ( it was a model home and the garage was the sales office), or up to the ceiling and then have drops for the outlets? I am thinking that the 120v circuits will run along the chair rail (eliminate as many bends as possible), and maybe run the 220v along the ceiling (these need to run all the way around to the other side of the shop). Any pros/cons of either approach?
3) My current table saw, and the soon to be SawStop will be in the center of the shop and I don't really like cords on the floor. Does anyone have overhead runs in their shops? If you do, and it is 220v, do you just make a long(er) power cord for the tools that it serves?
4) I think that the 2 120v circuits can be run in the same conduit, but what about the 220v circuits? Do they need to be run in seperate conduits?
Any suggestions, tips, or pictures of your setups would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Rodney