Recent content by Bill Z

Yes, before I turned the heat on in my garage the other day (it was about 28 degrees) I turned the compressor on and it ran for about 10 seconds before it seemed to stall, then tripped the 20 amp breaker. After about a minute I reset the breaker and it ran fine till it shut off at 140 psi. It’s...

I’m in the last stages of completing my new garage and needed to replace my old Sears Craftsman 30 gallon compressor with something larger, but also because it developed a leak in the bottom of the tank, despite being properly maintained. So Last month I ordered this new Eastwood QST-30/60...

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I'm finishing up the wiring in my garage and was wondering if it's allowed to have two separate receptacles on one 240 volt 20 amp circuit? The second receptacle would be wired parallel to the first with wire nuts and pigtails in the first receptacle box. The reason being that I might want to...

Thanks for all of your responses. I have the original owners manual and aside from reconfiguring some leads on the switch and starting relay, it makes no mention of anything other than a standard 60 watt bulb, preferably rough service when set up for 240 volts. It may be overkill, but I still...

Greetings, I'm in the process of wiring my new 24 by 34 foot detached garage. I installed a 100 amp sub panel and dedicated straight 240 volt circuits for my welder, drill press and compressor. My question is about an older Sears 8" 1 HP 115/230 volt pedestal grinder that I'm also running a...

Yes, I removed the tie bar connecting the neutral and ground bars and bonded the ground bar to the sub panel case, neutral is isolated. Grounding rods will be installed and everything will be inspected. Thank you Pattenp and Wyliesdiesels for your advice.

Greetings, I'm finally going to wire our 24 X 36 detached garage/shop, which has had "temporary" wiring consisting of a #12 wire run in one of the conduits, to power a quad outlet, some overhead bulbs, and garage door openers, for years, while I finished the house which was for...

I agree with jumpingryan. My garage is about the same size as yours and I'm going with the enclosed combustion Sterling. Aside from the dust and dirt issue,this unit is very efficient since it uses only outside air for combustion. Why burn warm air you've already paid to heat? Also insulation is...