I am going to install a new 20 amp circuit in my unfinished basement to supply some much needed outlets to one side of the room. I'd also like to have recepticles in the center of the basement, but don't want to install up in the ceiling. Given that there is no wall in the center, and there is a steel structural support, I'd like to install the outlets on to it, but am unsure if that's a gross violation of best wiring practices.
The house itself was built in 1930, and I know (or think) that the way the wires are run at weird angles across and around the ceiling joists in the basement, rather than parallel or perpendicular with guards, is not correct, but that's pretty standard with older homes around here. I don't ever see this basement having a finished ceiling - to cover the hot water pipes (for the radiators) would make the ceiling ridiculously low.
I don't want to build a floor to ceiling encasement of the pole, although if that's the best way to do this I guess I would. I'd prefer to just run some armored cable down about halfway to a supported box (maybe built from wood and steel and attached to the pole with large hose clamps). If I did that, would it be a bad idea to use some conduit to give the metal clad cable running down the pole some added protection and to affix that to the pole as well?
Any insight would be appreciated - thanks!
The house itself was built in 1930, and I know (or think) that the way the wires are run at weird angles across and around the ceiling joists in the basement, rather than parallel or perpendicular with guards, is not correct, but that's pretty standard with older homes around here. I don't ever see this basement having a finished ceiling - to cover the hot water pipes (for the radiators) would make the ceiling ridiculously low.
I don't want to build a floor to ceiling encasement of the pole, although if that's the best way to do this I guess I would. I'd prefer to just run some armored cable down about halfway to a supported box (maybe built from wood and steel and attached to the pole with large hose clamps). If I did that, would it be a bad idea to use some conduit to give the metal clad cable running down the pole some added protection and to affix that to the pole as well?
Any insight would be appreciated - thanks!
