Hello, I'm looking to add some lights in my garage - some for the whole garage and some for the workspace. The trouble is where my switch is. I was originally thinking (perhaps naively) that I could replace the single switch with a unit that contains three switches in the same amount of space (one gang sized box). One switch for the original, two for the new lights. However, I opened up the box and discovered there is pretty much no room inside as there are already three wires and I'd like to add 2 more. The existing wires are power in, power out (one the same side of the switch) and one going to the current light fixture. The current box is one gang and new work (original to the house). Should I try to remove that box and replace it with a 2 gang old work box so that I have sufficient room to work? Or is there a clever solution I'm over looking? Thanks in advance! Sincerely, Stephen

I am setting up a wood shop in my unfinished basement and am adding several outlets for tools. I would like to do a single conduit run to several boxes for receptacles. One of the tools is a 240V table saw. I am thinking about installing a 20A two-pole breaker and running 12/3 cable (actually THHN wire in conduit, but it's a 12/3 wiring scheme) to each outlet. The various 120 receptacles would be split between the red and black wires (I believe this is a multiwire circuit). At the 240 V receptacle, both hot wires would be used for 240 V. My question is: is this allowed by code? I am having trouble finding anything that says one way or the other. I don't think the table saw counts as an appliance that would need its own circuit, and it won't be operated at the same time as other tools on the branch (I can only use one tool at a time). Sorry if this has been covered; I didn't find it after quite a bit of searching. Thanks!