Recent content by brad.walker

Yea, you're probably correct (I'm an engineer by training). Thanks to everyone for helping me work through this. -brad w.

The sub-panel has service entrance cable coming into it. I have no idea what it's sized at. The circuit to my door motor, from the sub-panel, is 240V and it's sized at 10/2. The circuit length is about 75 feet.

It's basically a steel building, i.e. an airplane hangar. The door is a steel bi-fold type. Yes, there is a sub-panel with my 240V circuit off of it. I could probably run an additional 120 circuit from it. I'm just trying to keep the hassle factor low and balance the cost of transformer vs...

Several people have asked why not just convert the circuit to a 120V and use it that way. I did try to think about this. The garage is 40' by 30'. The garage height is about 14'. The door is a steel folding door that weighs about 2,500 lbs. Hence, the reason the motor runs on 240V. I don't...

Good question. I did try to think about that and maybe you can help me.. The motor for my door runs off the 240V circuit. I would assume that I could pull off 1 of the hot lines from the 240V to the 120V circuit and tie the neutral of the 120V circuit to ground. But, that doesn't seem like the...

I have a 240V circuit in my garage. But, I would like to pull a 120V off this feed line. My thinking is to use an industrial transformer that is rated for this. My needs are small, meaning the circuit would be a standard 120V 15A outlet. Mostly to run a power tools and some lights. Something...