I'm currently setting up a workshop with a workbench for developing, debugging and reverse engineering electronics. Pretty standard stuff: an oscilloscope, power supply, function generator, etc.
I have an electrician redoing my basement electrical, so this feels like a good time to think about safety of my workshop.
What is some advice you would give to someone who is setting up a bench from scratch? Do I need GFCI outlets? An AFCI breaker? Something I should do to ground my workbench? Anything else?
Currently I have planned:
1. A separate 20A breaker for the workshop area, shared between lights and all the outlets in the room
2. On top of the workbench, 4 outlets: so I can plug in DUTs and other temporary devices like soldering iron. I might add a wall switch for these 4 outlets, just for peace of mind.
3. On the bottom of the workbench, 2 outlets: so I can leave a few instrumentation devices plugged in all the time (mostly power supply and oscilloscope)
4. On another corner of the workshop I also have outlets for computer, etc - though I don't expect those to be using DUTs all that often
For context, I'm a Software Engineer who likes to play with electronics and radio/SDR, so mostly low voltage stuff. I would imagine I want to protect myself and my gear from ground loops, issues with scope grounding and accidental fuck ups I might do with the DUTs like shorts.
If there are any EEVBlog videos or other material that you find useful, feel free to send my way - I tried searching for this but mostly just found material about electrical safety in general, not a whole lot of advice for an electronics lab. Would be glad to get recommendations of any products as well.