Steve, good choice on receptacle orientation. I was taught, for safety, if you are plugging or unplugging a devise, with the receptacle ground pin on top, your thumb is always the closest to the receptacle. So if you were to accidentally touch a wire, it would be the ground connection. Try holding a grounded plug in your hand, you will see that your thumb is nearest to the conductors.
Garage is looking good ! With all that new space and 2 kids I can picture that space filling up fast !! And I predict after awhile there wont be enough room for the wife's car in the garage ! You will be building a carport in front of the garage for the car ! LOL !!
Steve and After the fact FYI…. Get a cheap bowl or an old pizza pan drill a hole in the center of it the size of your arbor when drilling those lights out, you can save yourself from eating some gypsum dust……. Also, Milwaukee makes extenders for those arbors in different lengths
It’s crazy how much bigger your garage looks with the drywall all put up and lights installed Steve. I was thinking that area will serve you well for many years but, with your plans for the new house I guess it will serve you well until your new place is finished lol
Steve, you could never have enough receptacles in the garage ….. a little tip for you electrical contractor suppliers should have oversize wall plates that you can get to fill a void if needed to or you can also get them at Lowe’s the big blue box store if you shop there…..
That’s a good call. Everything is pretty good this time, except for the outlet above the garage door opener hahaha but I just mudded that so it’s all good now 👍🏻
Great job man! I'm about to attempt roughly the same project . Thanks for all the tips and information. Can't wait till it warms up and get back out to the range myself.
Just curious, and I'm sure I already know the answer, but how wonderful is it that now when cars or trucks drive by you don't really hear them? It was crazy to hear the difference at each stage. From just studs to backer board to insulation to drywall to garage door. You used to have to stop until the vehicle passed to continue speaking because you wouldn't be able to be heard. Now you have walls and doors and lights! You are rocking it! And with the mini split! If it weren't for the fact your next step is mudding and taping I think it would be hard for your wife to get you out of the garage 😂. A bright, quiet and comfortable place to work, what a wonderful thing! See you on the next video!
I learned residential electric from a guy I knew who was a union electrician un NJ. Lesson 1 throw all your trash where you're standing and leave it there like it doesn't exist
@@GunpowderandFreedom thank you and your father again. Your programs are much appreciated. I know it sounds gay but I mean it. no offence to the gay folks
In my building and house the outlets are both ways not sure what they were thinking. Also before we moved in to our house we hired a house inspector and then had an electrician come in. All the circuit breakers were 30 amps. I thought it was a wonder how the house didn't check fire since the wires were not big enough for circuits.
Never understand why people don't wrap outlets with electrical tape. You can help yourself from getting shocked when working around it. Also if your like your eyesight then you need to always protect them. Your garage is coming along great even though I just watched one of your videos where it was already taped and painted..lol Are you going to paint the floor where a car would drive on? Great Job and be safe.
The problem with the ground on top is the cord hanging there disconnects the ground and if you are using a defective tool you could kill yourself, In my area it is code to put the ground on the bottom
@@rodneyrote6261 because now the current flows continuously through the wire instead of the outlet. If I have my miter saw plugged in at plug #3, the current will get to it through the wires instead of going through the wire, then the outlet, then the wire, then the outlet, etc.
