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Project House (post #205777)

kimberly on Fri, 02/10/2012 - 18:42
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A few ideas for the shop:

1. Infloor outlets 120/240 in addition to hanging cords from the ceiling

2. Infloor radiant heating

3. Depending on the size of the shop install ceiling fans

4. Cat 5 cable for internet 

5. locate vacuum system outside of shop area reduces noise

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Infloor outlets may be retrofits! (post #205777, reply #1 of 3)

by DanMorrison in reply to kimberly [original] on Sat, 02/11/2012 - 18:51

Thanks kimberly,

We were going over the layout the other day on the white board in my office and in the shop later on. Because we reconsidered the miter saw placement, the outlet which stubs up from the floor will probably need to be moved.

We ran some conduit from a wall towards the center of the shop. One section bends up to a junction box for the miter saw and another bends up a few feet further for the table saw:

The conduit bends up to junction boxes which would be fastened to the cabinets.

I think we will be removing the 90 degree bend for the miter saw, so it seems like a great opportunity to add a floor outlet.

Infloor hydronic heating is out of the question because the subfloor is down and we're moving in, by golly.

Ceiling fans don't seem like they'll work for us because the ceiling will be covered with lights and the paddle-shadow is likely to irritate our video producer. And we don't want to irritate our video producer. BUT, if you've got some benefits to offer that outweigh Colin's wrath, we'd like to hear them.

CAT 5 Cable may be a great idea. We will want lightning fast internet so that we can stream video live every so often.

For the vac system, we kind of think we can get away with a shop-vac based dust collection system. We're not likely to be creating huge amounts of sawdust, like a woodworking shop does. Though it may be a good idea to give that shop-vac a shed behind the shop.

Thanks for your suggestions,

Dan Morrison
 

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Cat 6 instead of 5... less (post #205777, reply #2 of 3)

by xxPaulCPxx in reply to DanMorrison [original] on Sun, 02/12/2012 - 15:02

Cat 6 instead of 5... less interference.

YAY!  I love WYSISYG editing!  And Spellcheck!

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In practice there's going to (post #205777, reply #3 of 3)

by DanH in reply to xxPaulCPxx [original] on Sun, 02/12/2012 - 16:49

In practice there's going to be little difference in noise immunity or performace between Cat 5e and Cat 6, and Cat 5e is a hair easier to wire.  But you're right that for the relatively minor price difference between the two one might as well go with 6.


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