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 | | From: | makesawdust | | Subject: | How to avoid electricution in your shop! | | Date: | Sun, 23 Jan 2005 19:43:20 +0000 |
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Prometheus Wrote:
> On Sat, 22 Jan 2005 19:21:49 +0000, makesawdust
> makesawdust.1ja7lo@news.diybanter.com wrote:
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> I was out working in my shop (it's a garage, if you ask SWMBO, but
> hasn't had a car parked in it in two years) and noticed that a number
> of my power tools had really tattered cords, and some were missing
> grounding prongs on the plug. I'll even confess that six or seven
> years ago I had extended the length of the cord on by table saw by
> patching a piece into it with wire nuts and electrical tape. Let's
> just saw that the gleam of visible copper with 220 volts running
> through it motivated me to action.
>
> Anyway, a quick trip to the local Home Depot and $30 later I had a new
> 20' cord on my table saw. For miscellaneous tools like a router, jig
> saw and skil saw, I used some orange extension cords I had bought on
> clearance a couple years ago. I purposefully left the new cords on my
> power tools on the long side, so I won't have to mess with using
> extension cords with them in the shop.-
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> FWIW, using extension cords isn't really the way to avoid
> electrocution... sounds like it was a step up for you, but they
> usually end up laying across the floor and can get cut or otherwise
> beat up pretty easily. For about $20, you can get 250 feet of (14
> ga.- it's a little more for 10) two-wire romex with a ground wire, and
> the various other outlets, boxes, and miscellaneous electrical items
> are fairly inexpensive as well. All in all, you can install proper
> outlets for all your tools for far less than the price of a couple of
> good extension cords- and it's less hassle in the long run.
> Aut inveniam viam aut faciam
We're building a new house right now, and the third bay of the garage
is going to be walled off and serve as my dedicated shop. It's going
to have quite a few outlets in it, and lots of lighting.
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makesawdust
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| | From: | Doug Winterburn | | Subject: | Re: How to avoid electricution in your shop! | | Date: | Sun, 23 Jan 2005 17:11:09 -0700 |
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| On Sun, 23 Jan 2005 19:43:20 +0000, makesawdust wrote:
> We're building a new house right now, and the third bay of the garage is
> going to be walled off and serve as my dedicated shop. It's going to have
> quite a few outlets in it, and lots of lighting.
Unless it's a really big third bay, you might want to consider leaving out
the wall and putting the major tools on mobile bases. My 11' x 24' third
bay is just big enough to park the herd when not rolled out into the other
two bays so I have room to use them.
-Doug
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To escape criticism--do nothing, say nothing, be nothing." (Elbert Hubbard)
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| | From: | Larry Jaques | | Subject: | Re: How to avoid electricution in your shop! | | Date: | Sun, 23 Jan 2005 18:59:57 -0800 |
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| On Sun, 23 Jan 2005 19:43:20 +0000, the inscrutable makesawdust
spake:
>We're building a new house right now, and the third bay of the garage
>is going to be walled off and serve as my dedicated shop. It's going
>to have quite a few outlets in it, and lots of lighting.
Make it a 4-car garage so you can have a 2-car shop.
I do and it's still not quite big enough.
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