Busy day today and tomorrow. Our local electrical utility just put a meter on my shop. Instead of leaching a 40 Amp service from the house panel, I now have a dedicated 200 amp service for the shop and barn.
40 amps was fine for wire-welding up to about 1/4" but anything more and it felt like I was browning out the whole valley. My spiffy new power hammer was unable to start so it has sat idle for five years. I am planning to get it running tomorrow.
Now that the new panel and meter are in and inspected, I got the permit this afternoon to add ten branch circuits and will take it from there. One of my pet peeves is to have the lighting separate from all other electrical outlets. If a tool you are using causes the breaker to trip, you do not want to be plunged into darkness. Planning to do it right this time around.