Shop Wiring [Was: RE: [TheForge] Induction Forge? How much power does it take to run it?]

[Washington, Aubrey O.]

I have the home-shop-lite version of that system in my 30 X 38 backyard shop.  I have 200 amp single phase service, surface mounted MC cable, 4-gang boxes every 10 feet, and a 230 V 50 A outlet for my welder.  Each wall of my shop has 2 separate 115 V circuits, so each duplex outlet in the 4-gang boxes is on a different circuit.  That way I can plug two tools into the same box but have them on different circuits.  That comes in very handy, for example, when I'm running the table saw and dust collector at the same time.  I thought about putting a 230 V outlet on each wall but decided that was over-kill at the present time.
 
Aubrey

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From: theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net on behalf of Ries Niemi

Thats the way I have wired the last 7 or 8 shops- always surface wiring
in EMT- its easy to put up, easy to move around.
I usually run a piece all around the shop at about 4 feet off the
floor, with 4 gang outlet boxes every 10 feet or so.
In my current shop, I have 200 amps of 3phase- and in about 6 spots
around the shop, I have 50 amp 3 phase outlets- 4 prong outlets, kinda
like a dryer outlet on steroids. 
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