How to Modify An Existing Circuit and Add a New Circuit To Your Garage as a DIYer

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This video is Step One of finishing an unfinished garage. In this video I modify two existing electrical circuits in my old garage and add a new 20 amp circuit to feed five outlets. This video is part of my Dream Garage playlist. Eventually this old, unfinished garage will be a Dream Garage.
I am not an electrician or claim to be one. Just a DIYer. Do not take this as professional advice.
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  • @E_from_KS
    @E_from_KS3 ай бұрын

    Thank you for the video. Unlike the OSHA fan in your comments - I understand nuance and I listened when you said at the beginning of the video that you're not an expert or a professional, you're a DIYer. There's obviously risk involved, but as you've shown, this isn't rocket science or even planning a whole city's electrical infrastructure - it's adding a few basic components to a single garage. Which is what I'm about to do too. I just needed some general guidelines on exactly how to do some of this basic stuff - and I'd much rather get it from someone who's DIYed it over an 'expert' that's going to try to wow me with a bunch of more-or-less irrelevant details that'll dilute the information I need to get the job done sufficiently but safely. Your channel's been pretty helpful in my own projects. Thanks again.

  • @jordangraham2340
    @jordangraham23403 ай бұрын

    Great video, very thorough!

  • @royworks28
    @royworks28 Жыл бұрын

    Great information, can’t wait to see more progress.I like the variety in your channel

  • @HouseScraper
    @HouseScraper5 ай бұрын

    Thank you so much

  • @wx7slc
    @wx7slc Жыл бұрын

    I'm old school, too. I like to wrap the wires instead of stab them in the back of the outlets. The next best is a clamping plate that will hold the wire in place with screw pressure on the plate. Nice job. Some jurisdictions would require nail plates to protect the romex passing through the sheetrock, some don't.

  • @JohnAbrahamCA

    @JohnAbrahamCA

    5 ай бұрын

    Stabbing is not good. Also best way is to make pig tails in boxes so that even if one outlet is bad or terminals damaged it won't affect the outlets downstream. I think it is better to add a small loop or extra wire near each box so that we can pull out in worst case in the future

  • @ray6976
    @ray6976 Жыл бұрын

    Next time can you show how you added the other breaker to the fuse box..not in fast motion though.

  • @ScottsGarage17

    @ScottsGarage17

    Жыл бұрын

    Will do.

  • @jimjimjim5279
    @jimjimjim52799 ай бұрын

    Nice calm video. In some states, none of the Romex sheathing is allowed in the box.

  • @johnlindmeyer7329
    @johnlindmeyer73296 ай бұрын

    Didn't you talk about using wire staples

  • @AdrianRodriguez-ik4eh
    @AdrianRodriguez-ik4eh4 ай бұрын

    what type of light bulbs did you use for the garage.

  • @ScottsGarage17

    @ScottsGarage17

    4 ай бұрын

    Costco 3 panel LED garage lights

  • @Seemsayin
    @Seemsayin5 ай бұрын

    The title of the video is a bit misleading. It's not my intention to diminish your knowledge, give you a bunch of crap, or criticize your work. Just sayin that you haven't "wired" your garage. You added a circuit. Wiring your garage means you introduced electricity to it, in whatever steps it took, to do so. That requires a pro. When it comes to electrical work... there's no such thing as, "Like a pro". You either know what you're doing, or you don't. If you don't, you have no business pretending to be like a pro, hoping you installed "like a pro". As you already know... electricity is dangerous. If you're not familiar with the basics, you could wind up burning your garage to the ground, or causing harm to someone, or both. I think you're a pretty smart guy, and wouldn't do anything to hurt a fly. But making people think, with little to no knowledge of electricity, to think that they can do something dangerous, like a trained professional can... I'm not saying that a responsible, cautious person couldn't run a circuit. There are tons of people that know what's involved, and could easily handle that type of job, knowing any risk involved. Lots of smart people out there. It's the ones who can't see, or take for granted, those dangers that I'd be concerned about. I realize that you have no control over what another person does. It's just the, "You can, too (despite your lack of experience)" that troubles me. Just food for thought. Nothing more. Best of luck to ya.

  • @ScottsGarage17

    @ScottsGarage17

    5 ай бұрын

    thanks for your comment. I will consider a title change.

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