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Our last house was new and outlets were well distributed over almost 30 breakers, meaning it would be hard to overload. Plus, the garage was 20A, for running power tools.
The house we are in now is old and only has a couple breakers. For instance, one half the house seems to be on one circuit! We can't run a space heater and a hair dryer in the mater bath without blacking out half the house.
I am wary about setting up shop outside when the outlet on the porch is connected to the lights in the kitchen. The garage has ONE OUTLET. The previous owner started some wiring, but never finished.
Any idea, just ballpark guess, what it would cost to get an electrician out to add another outlet outside with it's own allotted 15 or 20A breaker?
I don't think I'll be able to run both a fog machine and an air compressor with the current setup. I'd literally need to run cords from upstairs and over the house or something. Dang, I miss the last house!
The house we are in now is old and only has a couple breakers. For instance, one half the house seems to be on one circuit! We can't run a space heater and a hair dryer in the mater bath without blacking out half the house.
I am wary about setting up shop outside when the outlet on the porch is connected to the lights in the kitchen. The garage has ONE OUTLET. The previous owner started some wiring, but never finished.
Any idea, just ballpark guess, what it would cost to get an electrician out to add another outlet outside with it's own allotted 15 or 20A breaker?
I don't think I'll be able to run both a fog machine and an air compressor with the current setup. I'd literally need to run cords from upstairs and over the house or something. Dang, I miss the last house!