ken6217
Headphoneus Supremus
Can’t really comment on a price quote as I’m sure they are all over the place. Also, you’re in New York and pricing is going to be higher there just because of that.
I don’t know why he told you that, but it can be done. I do know that electricians have told me they do not like working with 10 gauge, and I can tell you that when I ran mine it was a royal pain in the butt.
Also, before I did it on my own, my electrician ran 10 gauge from the panel in the garage downstairs into the basement my music room and put a junction box in the drop ceiling against the wall. From there he did run to runs of 12 gauge to each receptacle. That was about 8 feet. He said he had rather do it that way than running one line to a socket and then connecting the two sockets together to make a quad. It’s probably 6 of one and half dozen of another.
The bottom line is you can definitely run 10 gauge from the panel to your socket, but make sure the receptacle you use can handle 10 gauge. Some of them have a difficult time in terms of putting the wire in and fastening it.
The other thing The electrician at your hire is comfortable doing it his way.
I don’t know why he told you that, but it can be done. I do know that electricians have told me they do not like working with 10 gauge, and I can tell you that when I ran mine it was a royal pain in the butt.
Also, before I did it on my own, my electrician ran 10 gauge from the panel in the garage downstairs into the basement my music room and put a junction box in the drop ceiling against the wall. From there he did run to runs of 12 gauge to each receptacle. That was about 8 feet. He said he had rather do it that way than running one line to a socket and then connecting the two sockets together to make a quad. It’s probably 6 of one and half dozen of another.
The bottom line is you can definitely run 10 gauge from the panel to your socket, but make sure the receptacle you use can handle 10 gauge. Some of them have a difficult time in terms of putting the wire in and fastening it.
The other thing The electrician at your hire is comfortable doing it his way.