I really haven’t made any movement in one way or another. The actual property manager is on vacation and will not be back for a few days. They have people who are working in the leasing office, but no real decision power. (Not to mention the fact that it is unseasonably cold in Seattle right now, and the garage is VERY VERY cold.)
In answers to your initial questions:
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“2) Is the electrical panel suited for some more power useage? Sometimes in an older structure 100A service is in place and quite a bit of the resources are already spoken for.”
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The apartment complex was built within the last 10 years. There are approx 150 units. There are detached garages/carports in front of some of the units. In the garage there is only one electrical outlet (for the electric garage door opener) and a light socket. There is no circuit breaker box in or near the garage; it is probably out by the leasing office and the “cabaña”. So I guess this is the long answer for “I don’t know yet”.
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“3) Is a 15A circuit breaker in the place of the garage line? You can switch it over to a 20A and end a few tripping issues, I'd think.”
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Again this goes back to the “I don’t know yet” idea… but I have not yet tripped the breaker. I know that when I turn my heater on low; the lights dim a bit, when I turn it on high; the lights dim some more. However, the breaker has never tripped. Since all of the garages have electric garage door openers…. I am hoping not to trip the breaker, because I cannot reset it, and I can potentially be blocking numerous people from accessing their garage.
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“4) Is there room for another circuit breaker in the panel to run another line to the garage? Tell the landlord you'll do it at your expense (they love that sorta thing and romex and breakers are cheap). If all of the above looks good, it's a viable way to go.”
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May be a viable option (at least to cost out and suggest) however my I kind of expect the stock response to be along the line of “Well you are not really supposed to be using power in the garage anyways, and if we did this for you, then we would have to do it for everyone who rents a garage” or even “if we did that how would we know how much power you used so that we could charge you.”
Which comes back to the primary question…how to cure if you only have access to minimal power.
At this point, I am really contemplating options like just making smaller metal items and cure in a toaster oven to see if I actually enjoy powder coating as much as I think I will. Also figuring that this will give time to learn the craft and become more proficient at applying coatings.
Scott