How To Wire A Storage Building For Electricity
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- Опубликовано: 2 май 2019
- On this video we wire the inside of a 12 X 32 storage building for electricity. This will be used as a wood working shop. I will show you the basics for how to do this yourself. Please consult a licensed electrician before doing any electrical work on you own unless you are qualified to do it already.
I'm not an electrician, we are just doing this for our own self. We followed instructions from the builder supply that we purchased all of the materials from. If you are doing this check with your local electrical codes for more info.
I thoroughly enjoyed this video. I'm in the process of wiring an old garage and was glad for the refresher course. Good job teaching your grandson a necessary skill.
Thanks for watching.
Have a great weekend,
Calvin and Marie
I have only been watching this video for 6 mins and 24 seconds and you’ve given me more information on how to properly wire my shed than the other 40 videos I’ve watched. Fantastic!
Thanks for watching, I'm glad that it helped you.
Have a fantastic weekend,
Calvin and Marie
Same here they did a fantastic job 😀
Same here! This man is a born teacher.
I just purchased a shed and plan to convert to office/workshop. Eventhough I have replaced light switches and sockets over the years. Wiring the shed made me very leery. I do have a local electrician that will help with wiring from the main house but wanted to do some myself. I am so glad to have found this video which is very well explained and will be a very good starting point for my project.
Good trick on folding wires back into a single box with an outlet. I always fight those. This trick is gonna help me On my next diy wiring. 😊
Just bought a 10x16 wooden building to fix for my wifes craft workshop and yes she wants me to do the electrical .your video helps me alot. Thank you
Thanks for watching.
Have a great weekend,
Calvin and Marie
I’m in the process of wiring a yard barn like this and I Thank You for a great and Knowledgeable video. You explained everything perfect as to what you’re doing and wiring...
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Calvin and Marie
This is just what I needed! I’m in the process of getting my 16 X 30 shed home wired and well, your video helped me understand how I’d like to do it. And I believe your channel deserves my subscription
Thanks for watching. I'm glad that it helped you.
Have a great week,
Calvin and Marie
Super installation, I will be wiring my 12 X 32 shed now that I know how. You are a GREAT instructor, I wish my grandson was closer to help. I always wondered what wire was broke at the light switch, now I know. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge freely, time for this great grand paw to get to work. Have a great day and a better tomorrow. GOD bless you and your family.
Thanks very much
Thank you for doing this video! We are getting ready to wire our 10x16 shed so this will be our reference when we start the job.
Thanks for watching,
Calvin
Thanks for this video, you explain this in such a common sense, easy to understand way. I've learned more from this one video than all the rest I've looked at it the last couple of days combined... thanks & God bless.
Thanks very much,
Calvin
Thank you Sir! I was reading a book on basic home wiring and code but I hate reading. This video taught me more in 23 minutes than 2 hours of reading that book 😃
Thanks for watching
watched many videos ,but your no extra talk ,straight to the point and understandable to all people was dope !!!!!!!!!!
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Best video on RUclips on how to wire a storage.. THANK YOU!!
Thanks very much
excellent, clear and concise instructions. Perfect for outbuilding project, thanks so much for this.
Thanks very much,
Calvin
You sure made me feel like I can do most of this myself. Awesome
Easily the best outbuilding wiring video I've seen. Easy to understand, methodical, and clearly and calmly illustrated with great camera work. This yankee is glad to be a subscriber now and appreciate the Southern hospitality my friend👍
Thanks very much,
Calvin
Looking good y'all, that's a nice size storage building!! Well done Mr Calvin!!! Dan
Thanks Dan, he is liking it a lot.
Such an excellent job explaining this. Also an excellent job filming and editing! There's an art to making a good tutorial, and I think you're an artist!
This video was extremely easy to follow. I loved that you took time to give such detail. I worked as a maintenance technician for several years and was pretty familiar with doing a lot of electrical work. However, I could never grasp how each breaker was wired line/load to each outlet or light switch. I truly feel confident that I will be able to do the wiring on my building. I had an electrician upgrade my circuit breaker from a 100amp to a 200 with a sub box outside to eventually add power to my exterior building. I am turning my building into an art studio. I've had to wait to do the electricity until after I have my new doors and windows in place.
Thanks very much,
Calvin
Nice clean job guys, I like the way you put in three switches for different sides of the shop, looks really good.
Thanks for watching
Solid electrical-to-shed instruction. 👍
Thanks 👍
This has to be the best video I've seen doing this! Thanks, this was very informative and well very well explained!
Thanks very much
This is great! Several other videos out there combined don't have near the information this one does! It really helped alot.
Thanks very much
Been watching a couple of your videos. Very handy and reminds me of my dad. Thank you!
Thanks very much for watching, have a great day.
Excellent teaching! Very informative and easy to follow.
Thanks for watching.
Very well detailed. The best I have seen and easy to understand. Thanks, great job !!
Glad you enjoyed it!
It's always cool to do wiring by yourself, must be relaxing to go at your own pace lol. I'm a former Electrical apprentice but I think I'd enjoy doing small electrical projects with friends or helping someone wire up something like this.
Thanks very much
Great work! Thats a sweet building for sure.
Excellent video! Thank you so much. Have a great day.
Thanks
I’m in apex for electrical rn and this was a pretty nice information video ! Thanks so much
Thanks for watching,
Have a great weekend,
Calvin
Thank you for sharing a well detailed and explained video. Great job
Thanks for watching.
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Calvin
Very interesting to see this come together so clean. great video
Thanks for your help Mike
I've got a 8 X 12 shed wired the same way except its only 50 amp. has air conditioning and heat even! that's going to be one nice shop once all the power is in!
Thanks for watching John. It is finished and works great. My son is still putting all of his power tools in place for his wood working shop. Have a great week... Calvin
I would like to thanks you for this awesome video. It was very informative you did a great job. I'm getting ready to do the same thing for an outside office area shed. Keep up the great work. Much love and God Bless you.
Thanks very much, it is not very hard to do. Have a great week,
Calvin
Very good . Thank you. Helped me out 100% .
Thanks for watching
I have always been interested in watching things like this done .
Thanks very much,
Calvin
Beautiful job guy's thank you for sharing
Thanks very much
Great job. I am getting ready to wire my 12x24 in a similar fashion.
Thanks for watching, have a great weekend.
Calvin and Marie
thank you for the very interesting installation video
Thanks for watching, have a great day.
Very informative and easy to understand video, Thank You
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Calvin
Love this video thank u for sharing ur knowledge
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Excellent video. I will reference this video when I end up doing my building. I saw some of your other videos and I live right down the road from y'all lol
Thanks very much,
Calvin
Thanks very much,
Calvin
Sir, for the most part you did very well. Yes, there are some minor discrepancies. There is one issue that you really need to fix though. Putting 2 ground conductors on one screw in the receptacles is not per the NEC rules and is unsafe. Code says that removing one device will not disconnect the ground conductor. They need to be spliced and then connected to the device. Best wishes! Be safe, the life you save may be your own. Kevin
Thanks for watching.
Great video. I felt like I was listening to my daddy try to teach me. I am ready to listen, but he is gone. So far only one know it all criticizing. I put wire nuts on like you. Our local inspector does not require the wires be twisted or electrical tape, but he will not fail you if you do.
Thanks for watching. It's just a habit that I have. It can be hard to get the tape off sometimes if you ever need to make changes.
Have a great weekend,
Calvin and Marie
Great video. Gave me some ideas for wiring my shed that I will be buying shortly. The only thing I would do different.... Renting a trencher would have made the job a lot easier.
Thanks for watching, Yes a trencher would be nice.
Have a great week,
Calvin and Marie
I am impressed that you chose to use what looks like commercial grade switches and receptacles, kudos to you. As others have pointed out two grounds may not be fastened to the ground lug, one must use a pig tail in those circumstances. The other issue I noticed was that wiring receptacles that are switched requires the use of 12ga. wire to be code compliant.
Thanks very much,
Calvin
I also noticed that the stripped conductors we're only placed underneath the screws. These should be hooked for security. I took an electrical wiring class, so I know what I've learned. Lastly, as a good rule of thumb, always connect the grounds first (pigtailed as needed). Aside from those things, great demonstration and a refresher because I'm about to wire my shed. Thanks for this visual!
@@ThriftDiving He used spec grade receptacles in which the wires are clamped together (like a vice) when the screws are tightened. It's an option and is a solid connection.
thanks for your thorough explanation on everything it was very helpful. i do have one thing i would do different.. 13:30 id add a pigtail to the two ground wires so that its only a single wire going around the ground screw.
Thanks very much,
Calvin
Bro Calvin. You must be a retired electrician. Good work sir 👍👍👍👍
Thanks, but I'm not an electrician. I worked with Cable TV and Satellite electronics for many years so I was exposed to a lot of electrical circuits and wiring was easy for me. It's not completely up to code but it works great and hasn't had any problems.
Calvin
Great video 👍🏼 thanks
Thanks for watching and commenting.
Have a great week,
Calvin and Marie
Nice job!
Thanks
seems you are going to be using a lot of electrical gear in that building so really a workshop a good tutorial on how your doing it
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Hey is setting up a wood working shop. Thanks for watching
Awesome Great Job Guys ⭐
Thanks very much
I’m pretty sure mike is going to eared his check that day. Lol … jk great job guys, this is one of the most informative video on electric wired I’ve seen in RUclips . Thank you for keeping it simple …
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great Video very detailed. Is it better to break the Neutral wire @ the switch ?
Thanks for watching. No, you should always break the hot wire.
Calvin
So good job .
Super
Thanks for watching.
Have a great day,
Calvin and Marie
Wow...thinking i might need to add a couple more outlets. I have a 14x28 building with 13 outlets planned.
Thank you sir!
Thanks for watching
Nice and helpful video. Thanks for making it. Do you plan on installing drywall later? I saw on another video it was claimed that romex is only up to code if it is in an interior wall, so that's why I'm asking.
Yes, he covered it with plywood
These would be good skills for building your own commune with sheds as housing.
Thanks for watching.
Have a great weekend,
Calvin and Marie
I would love to see what kind of lights you installed, and take a spin around the shop to see what tools vs. outlets you chose. thanks!
Thanks for watching. My son hasn't finished getting all of his tools set up yet. He works a lot and wood working is just a hobby for him. When he gets it set up I will do an update video on it.
Calvin
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I am about to get a shed, not quite as big but plan to use it for woodworking too. I was wondering if your Son ever finished the walls with OBS, or drywall, or if he left it like it is. Thanks. Great video, I will be wiring my shed to, that's how I found this.
Thanks for watching. He has not finished the inside yet. He took one end and enclosed the section under the loft to make an area for small projects and his small tools. I think that he used the sheets of insulation board and a thin plywood to make the dividing wall. He also put an air conditioner in that area because the building sets in the direct sunlight and gets pretty hot inside.
Calvin
Thank you so much sir
Thanks for watching,
Calvin
What wire size and breaker size did you use to power that sub panel? Is there a video for the outside wiring? Thanks for this video!
I think that we bought a 100 amp breaker. Yes, I have a video showing the rest of the install
What did u use for wiring?
Thanks!
Thanks for watching
Great video, would you happen to have a checklist? I'm about to wire mine to save some money
I don't have a list, this was a couple years ago.
Calvin
OH this is Not my area but awesome job guys!
Thanks very much. Have a great day.
Watch with that big of sub panel are you going to Max it out a circuit for each box
Thank you sir
Thanks for watching
What size electrical line to go from house to shed that is 180 feet? Want to install 8 electrical outlets, three inside lights and a light on the door
i think i have the exact same shed. i am going to set it up to live in while we build a little log cabin. i may even add 2 more and put them together end to end and have a real house, for just a few thousand dollars each. thank you so much as i am a diy-er, and need help. at least i map power grids for Georgia Power and understand circuits, albeit on a large scale. should i allow for more amps for a fridge, microwave and AC unit? we will do heat with propane.
Thanks for watching. I'm not an electrician but if you plan on have multiple buildings connected you probably need to go with a larger panel box. If you do that to start with it is easier to expand your system.
Calvin
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I will be doing the same wiring what about larger tools a like a table saw?
Thanks for watching. Yes he is running a table saw, planer, and an air conditioner.
Thanks so much, I think I will know what I'm doing now. lol BUT I'm wanting to be able to plug the building into a generator that will be sitting outside. This is a camping cabin w/ no utilities. thanks Can you tell me how to do that wiring? thanks
Thanks very much. I'm not familiar with wiring in a generator but I know that it is easy to do.
Calvin
This is exactly what I need to do in my 10x14 shed. Is the electrical box in building considered a sub panel to the main? Fantastic video and thanks for sharing!
Thanks very much. Yes, it is a sup panel.
Calvin
@@SouthernCountryLiving thank you sir! Have a blessed day!
Did you use any GFI outlets or breakers? Nice job.
We didn't use any Gfi outlets
what size romex connector did you use for the breaker box ?
I don't remember what size we bought. We just used the recommendation from the building supply that we used.
Hi again is there anyway you could give a short supply list. Main item is the wire from house to shop. And type of outlets. Sorry one last thing I only saw 5 wires for the lights in the light box. Thanks Anav
We did this a couple years ago and it was just a one time project. The wires in the light switch box were two hot feeders and three output lines. I made a short jumper and connected one hot feeder to two switches to control a total of three different light circuits.
Calvin
What size wire did you get from the main panel to the garage and what's the distance ?
Thanks for watching. It was about 90feet of wire. We bought the wire that the electrical supply store recommended but I don't remember the number of the wire right now.
Is your studs 16" or 24"? If they are 24" how did you insulate the building ? I am having issues figuring out the insulation as the rolls from 15" for 16" spaces. I will be using this video to help me wire my building.
Thanks for watching, this is my son's building and I think his studs are on 24 in center. They make insulation that is 24 inch wide for this setup. He has not insulated his building yet. On your question about the circuit breaker it was a 100 amp. It came with the panel that we bought. If you run your own wire to the building be sure to get the four wire setup. Home Depot told us to use the three wire setup. It works fine but that was the code for several years ago. The new code requires the four wire setup.
If your studs are 16"oc, the space between the studs where the insulation goes is 14-1/2" so the 15" wide insulation fits snuggly in between the studs. They make 23" wide insulation for studs that are 24"oc which means the space is 22-1/2".
How did you wire the second and third switch with one hot wire left?
Thanks for asking. I just put a short jumper from the hot wire on switch #2 over to switch #3
Is the line coming into the shed 120 or 240.
Thanks for watching. It is a 240 line but we didn't wire any 240 outlets yet.
Where did you get the shed?
Thanks for watching. I think my son bought the building in Cedartown, Ga.
I don't know the exact name of the dealer that he got it from.
Pretty good job, but there are some mistakes that should be corrected and viewers should be aware of. For grounding on the receptacles you should use a green wire nut, a crimping ferrule or a pigtail. Only one wire is allowed under one screw.
On the switch box you have 5 cables coming in and 3 switches. You need to connect 8 ground wires, one from each cable and 3 pigtails, one to each switch. That's alot for one wire nut. You can use 2 wire nuts with a jumper, an 8 position push in connector, or two 5 position Wago lever nuts with a jumper.
I think you said that there are 2 circuits in that box. The neutral wires must remain within their circuit, so they must be connected separately. I think you did that, but it wasn't clear.
How big of wire was from the house to the main box in the building what size.
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Im retired to and am getting a 14x40 woodworking shop how much did it cost to wire it ?
Thanks for watching Jim. I helped my son with the actual wiring but he purchased all of the materials. He didn't actually keep up with the cost because he was buying woodworking tools and other items together. I don't know how much the materials cost total.
I just bought a 14 x28 . I’m trying to re remember how I wired my old barn many years ago . At Lowe’s I got 12-2 roll of 250 feet for around 65 or 68 dollars. Mine is yellow out side so I hope I got the right wire .mi need to get the white covered wire for my lights unless I can use the 12-2 .
I believe Calvin is an expert at this, ❤
What is next video called so i can search and see wiring process from house to shed
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Looks like all the outlets are on one circuit. If so, what is your total calculated load?
Thanks for watching. There was three 20 amp circuits for the outlets and two 15 amp circuits for the outlets that were used for the lights.
@@SouthernCountryLiving Kind words....so what is the total calculated load for each outlet circuit?
The maximum load on a twenty amp circuit is sixteen amps. The actual load is determined by what you plug into the outlets.
@@SouthernCountryLiving Right. I wqs just curious if you had allowed for that...sounds like you did! Great job!
@@jimcole6423 the calculated load of each circuit would be 20 amps or less
Can never have too many outlets. When I wired my garage my goal that no matter where I stood I wanted to be able to plug something in reach along the wall without stepping.
Thanks for watching. Yes it is important to be able to place your tools any where in the building with out having cords running every where.
I'm not an electrician but I do have an associate's degree in industrial electricity, I'm pretty sure code requires an outlet every 6ft of wall space anyway. I'm planning to wire up my 12x24 shed I just bought this week, so this video has given me some pointers. Thanks.
Check code in your city/county a lot do not allow more than 6 outlets and or lights on 1 circuit.....
Thanks for watching
Really? Everything I read says 10 outlets per circuit
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Thanks very much,
Calvin
Just wondering, why not just run a wire from your main box circut breaker to the shed and branch off From there, why put in a sub panel.
He wanted to have enough power to run whatever he wanted to run without tripping the breakers. In my personal shop that I built about 30 years ago I wired it the way you described. It has worked fine for me so far. I run an air compressor and table saws in it also. I have never tripped a breaker yet.
@@SouthernCountryLiving Ok, I had planned on going the way I mentioned, I still want to go the cheap and easy way, whould you wire the same way today if you had to?
For the purpose that I use my building for, yes I would. I have lights in it and I use electric tools. I don't run an air conditioner. Sometimes I run a small electric heater. On my sons building he wanted to run air conditioning and bigger power tools.
Thanks for your quick reply, I haven't done any electrical type work in over thirty years myself, thanks again sir for refreshing my memory, you made an A+ video
@@leftctin99 You are welcome. you sound a lot like me.
Have a great week,
Calvin
why the need for so many outlets??
Thanks for watching. He wanted to be able to plug in his shop tools any where in the building without using any drop cords.
never seen 2 ground wires on the screw before.
Same here.
Need to pigtail em
Mike cut that last wire a bit short.
Thanks for watching
I believe you could've ran those lights on one single breaker
I could have done it that way but he wanted it that way,
Calvin
@@SouthernCountryLiving you still provided a very educational video my friend!
why not use ac90 instead of mnd 90 so you don't have to worry about mice chewing on the wires
Thanks for watching. Using the armored wire is good if you live in an area that has a problem with rodents. It will increase the cost of installation considerably. We don't have a problem with mice in our area so it is not necessary for us.
Grow room
Thanks for watching, he is using it as a wood workshop.
@@SouthernCountryLiving lol was kidding
Great workshop!
Did you get that inspected? No way I would have passed you. You barely strapped down your wire and not close enough to your boxes, not to mention all that extra sheathing in your box.
Get a life.
@@jtltet shit you notice when your actually in the field shit head
I am running a 125 sub to a detached garage. NEC code instructs separate ground and neutral bars with no bonding. I think the need of a ground rod and ground wire from main is code as well.
The sub box appears to be energized. Am I wrong?