Hi, I am building a house with large, attached garage.
Does anyone have a recommendation for working with such tight conditions of a GFCI outlet in a single gang metal utility box?
In the garage side, my outlets will all be GFCI outlets. As seen in picture, there is VERY little space in these boxes. It will be tight with just the GFCI. However, there is no way to exit the box on the side, and I am skeptical of having the space for wires exiting the box for a downstream outlet.
I am using Romex and it will go from breaker into attic, and when it arrives at location to go down wall, it will enter 1/2" EMT with a plastic insulating bushing on the top end, and a single gang box below. The romex jacket will be removed just after entering the EMT.
I am using metal outlets in garage because I will not be covering the studs, so coed requires protected wires.
NOTE: I do not desire to purchase expensive GFCI breakers; because, I can buy the 20 AMP tamper resistant GFCI outlets for about a fifth of the price. All my bench height outlets in the garage have to be GFCI protected. I will have one additional outlet downstream of the GFCI outlet.
![Image]()
![Image]()
Does anyone have a recommendation for working with such tight conditions of a GFCI outlet in a single gang metal utility box?
In the garage side, my outlets will all be GFCI outlets. As seen in picture, there is VERY little space in these boxes. It will be tight with just the GFCI. However, there is no way to exit the box on the side, and I am skeptical of having the space for wires exiting the box for a downstream outlet.
I am using Romex and it will go from breaker into attic, and when it arrives at location to go down wall, it will enter 1/2" EMT with a plastic insulating bushing on the top end, and a single gang box below. The romex jacket will be removed just after entering the EMT.
I am using metal outlets in garage because I will not be covering the studs, so coed requires protected wires.
NOTE: I do not desire to purchase expensive GFCI breakers; because, I can buy the 20 AMP tamper resistant GFCI outlets for about a fifth of the price. All my bench height outlets in the garage have to be GFCI protected. I will have one additional outlet downstream of the GFCI outlet.
