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As to using an existing circuit or running additional circuits, remember that electric outlets and circuits are things you will use every day.
If you live in that house the rest of your life, having electric outlets / circuits which can handle the loads you place on them will make each day of your life a lot more pleasant and stress free.
On the other hand, having a circuit which trips daily because it is overloaded can be quite frustrating!
So the way I look at it, it is well worth the additional effort when remodeling to be sure you have enough circuits and amperage capacity to handle anything you might want to place in the room in the future.
Might be a pain now, but you will thank yourself in later years.
Don't forget things like a future window air conditioner. Each person puts off about 600 btu's of heat and electronic stuff will put off heat as well.
Watts to btu calculator....
http://www.borino.com/GYC/wattsbtu_calculator.htm
Maybe you would need electric heat for the winter?
And then running lines for phone, coax cable for TV, cat 5 for computer, etc. Don't forget that some TV boxes also need a phone connection.
And if you also want the TV antenna on the roof, you will need an additional coax. FM radio antenna and 3rd coax (or combine with TV)? AM radio antenna?
Search the internet about using RG-6 coax which is better than other types.
Basically think about what you might possibly want in that room in the future, then at least run the wires now while you have things torn up.
If you live in that house the rest of your life, having electric outlets / circuits which can handle the loads you place on them will make each day of your life a lot more pleasant and stress free.
On the other hand, having a circuit which trips daily because it is overloaded can be quite frustrating!
So the way I look at it, it is well worth the additional effort when remodeling to be sure you have enough circuits and amperage capacity to handle anything you might want to place in the room in the future.
Might be a pain now, but you will thank yourself in later years.
Don't forget things like a future window air conditioner. Each person puts off about 600 btu's of heat and electronic stuff will put off heat as well.
Watts to btu calculator....
http://www.borino.com/GYC/wattsbtu_calculator.htm
Maybe you would need electric heat for the winter?
And then running lines for phone, coax cable for TV, cat 5 for computer, etc. Don't forget that some TV boxes also need a phone connection.
And if you also want the TV antenna on the roof, you will need an additional coax. FM radio antenna and 3rd coax (or combine with TV)? AM radio antenna?
Search the internet about using RG-6 coax which is better than other types.
Basically think about what you might possibly want in that room in the future, then at least run the wires now while you have things torn up.
Constant changes!
