arnis
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JohnKuthe said:Are you a license electrician?
There ARE such things as building codes, etc, you know.
John Kuthe...
I can get a license for cents, but it doesn't change anything. It is just a paper.
What does change everything is skills - many "special situations" are never learned from books.
As far as I've seen electrical work done at homes (holy internet), it is often ridiculous.
All this "legal" stuff is just to be fancy. A good electrician will always do a job better than required.
Surface mounted PVC pipe for example, is useless for ceilings/walls, as a precautionary measure.
It might help with fastening the cables as it is easier to fasten one sturdy pipe rather than 3 soft cables.
Might even look aesthetically nice. PVC conduit making company will be extremely sad if you don't
buy their product.
Just giving estimations. 1meter=3.3feet
single phase earthed 400V cable for 32A non-soil-mounted: 2€/meter.
Fasteners for that cable, wood surface, 9€/100pack
Just-for-fun PVC pipe 0.4€/meter, I would not use. Would use classical solution (picture below)
Cable installation estimation time per running meter: 30meter/hour.
Junction time required: 15 junctions/hour.
circuit breaker 10€ each, 5 minutes installation time, plus 2 junctions.
PVC wall box for up to 5 circuit breakers, 15€. http://g04.a.alicdn.com/kf/HTB1BP5OMpXXXXbVXVXXq6xXFXXXz/2-5-way-mini-font-b-circuit-b-font-font-b-breaker-b-font-font-b.jpg
Estimated time for wooden 1 car garage 2-3hours of work, 100€ on materials, 3-4 hours for 3 car garage.
Tools required, screwdriver, hammer, power tool to make holes if necessary.
Required power offline time, 1 minute (actually doable without cutting the power, but that is not "according to codes")