How-To: Add more outlets to Garage - Part 1 - Bending EMT conduit 

Hello, Matt. I have never seen any videos of you and it is good to see that unlike most electrical videos you are using EMT. I love working with EMT. I have to say your explanations of the work are good. There are a few areas where you can be corrected, but overall good job. Thank you.

You could always do 2x 20a circuits so that you reduce the load by sharing it. Should be able to feed 6x 14awg stranded wires thru one conduit. You can also predrill the holes for the tapcons with a smaller bit a step down from the size of the screws. That'll get it to bite without breaking concrete. Thanks for the video!

Excellent job Matt! The garage is looking like a real shop again, very nicely done!

I’m getting ready to do the same thing. Great video.

Great work! Looks professionally done.

I just had this done in my basement last week new boxes, new wiring and new breakers.

I'm about to do my garage, this video helps

Nice job! I'm a industrial electrician and I really never do conduit. Very good information 👍

Great vid I love elec work as a diyer

I thought I was golden at my last house, outlets in the garage galore...but then I soon realized they were tied into all sorts of other places in the house they should not have been. I bought the conduit, never installed it, thankfully because I sold the house. So now I bought my current home and am using your video as a refresher. Luckily I have drywall walls. so it will be easier for me to mount everything. Thanks for the vid.

That single circuit would also be really useful for an EV… just switch it to a 20A 240v breaker and put in a NEMA 6-20R outlet. You can then safely use it with up to a 16A level 2 EVSE. NAPA Auto Parts was selling a Schumacher unit with NEMA 6-20 for $100 a few months ago. You can also adapt a 16A AmazingE (240v NEMA 14-30P) or the 12A GM version of the same ClipperCreek Gen2 EVSE board (120v NEMA 5-15P to 240v NEMA 6-20P). Kawasaki is set to announce a new EV and hybrid motorcycle in November… less than a month away!

Great job. Fixing to mortar is the weakest part of any wall. A laser level (green) would have been a good idea here. I prefer to have my pipe off the wall as it’s easier to maintain and saves doing all those offset bends. Here in U.K. we can use plastic conduit and plastic sockets which I think is wrong as it’s a work area open to abuse.

My motorcycle will only run with full choke for the first 3-5 minutes. I can slowly reduce the choke, but it have to stay a bit open to keep running. Do you think it's running lean, or could the jets be clogged?

How much pipe length do you lose when you bend it for the box connects, especially the box-to-box? Do you have to account for it and cut your pipe say an inch longer than 7 ft so you can have your 7 ft gap?

Is it necessary to get an inspector to inspect your work?

Do you need a permit to add these.

no ground?

Never drill into the mortar. Always the block. Block is stronger.