Electricians usually do their shopping with suppliers whose stock and trade are electrical components. Large commercial companies always shop at these establishments. They don’t share their space with paint, kitchen cabinets, or coupon specials. They also don’t operate quite the same as a retail establishment. This means …
- Don’t expect them to explain how to do your wiring or use the tools.
- Very little will be on display, so you’ll need to have a clear idea of what you want when you go in.
- If a store is wholesale only, it might sell only to contractors. The advantage of shopping at a wholesale supplier used to be the range of supplies and devices available, but in recent years, the large homeowner-oriented building-supply stores such as Home Base and Home Depot have narrowed this gap in the residential categories.
A trip to our local Home Base found Square D, Cutler-Hammer, and Westinghouse service panels available as well as a huge variety of boxes, conduit, cable, connectors—you name it. These stores are geared toward do-it-yourselfers who need to see the components and fixtures instead of trying to order them blind at a wholesaler. They also order merchandise by the trainload and usually have competitive prices.
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