JustinLacy
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New home construction 50 miles south of Houston, "high voltage" (120/240VAC) rough-in starts in about a month. The house has a closed/unvented/insulated crawlspace over a slab foundation (which is very unusual in this area). The slab floor is about 18" above natural ground, so it's kinda like having an above grade basement with a 3' ceiling height. Plumbing and electrical will go in the crawlspace, but HVAC will go in the conditioned attic. All floor joists are I-joists, and they all run in the same direction.
I want all of the wiring to be organized. There are a lot of LV cable management systems (trays, raceways, hooks, etc., which I plan to use), but I haven't been able to find anything for electrical wiring. All electrical wiring will be romex (12ga or larger). No armored shielding, no conduits. I would like to have four or five strategically placed "open top" troughs/raceways for home runs to the load center that will run perpendicular to the I-joists and hang from the bottom of the I-joists. When the wire for a circuit gets to the joist space that contains the first box on a circuit, the wire will come out of the raceway and run parallel with the joists until it gets beneath the wall that contains the box. I would like to use j-hooks screwed to the I-joist webbing for the runs that are parallel to the joists, and use the pre-punched knockouts in the webbing when going from box to box on a circuit on a wall that is perpendicular to the joists.
I know there are a lot of options for doing the above for LV wiring (which I plan on doing), but I haven't found any that specifically say they can be used for residential electrical wiring (non-LV). Does this stuff exist for non-LV residential wiring? Links appreciated.
Thanks.
I want all of the wiring to be organized. There are a lot of LV cable management systems (trays, raceways, hooks, etc., which I plan to use), but I haven't been able to find anything for electrical wiring. All electrical wiring will be romex (12ga or larger). No armored shielding, no conduits. I would like to have four or five strategically placed "open top" troughs/raceways for home runs to the load center that will run perpendicular to the I-joists and hang from the bottom of the I-joists. When the wire for a circuit gets to the joist space that contains the first box on a circuit, the wire will come out of the raceway and run parallel with the joists until it gets beneath the wall that contains the box. I would like to use j-hooks screwed to the I-joist webbing for the runs that are parallel to the joists, and use the pre-punched knockouts in the webbing when going from box to box on a circuit on a wall that is perpendicular to the joists.
I know there are a lot of options for doing the above for LV wiring (which I plan on doing), but I haven't found any that specifically say they can be used for residential electrical wiring (non-LV). Does this stuff exist for non-LV residential wiring? Links appreciated.
Thanks.
