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Curious if anyone has gotten one of these from Milwaukee yet. On my wish list. I guess I am leaning toward 21 degree as I am not a Pro.

I used this calculator alot for run lengths and quality. https://www.southwire.com/calculator-vdrop Use 1 for parallels. 50 Amps requires 6gu wire for the amapacity.

I am facing the same question in the southeast, but our shop in Phoenix AZ was very similar to OPs. It was about 2200sq ft with OC sprayfoam and 13'6" walls. I put a 5 ton package unit on the roof and ran spiral duct myself. It worked great and could keep up. Now I am looking to either do...

ANyone have a recommendation for new construction LED can lights? One the house we used the retrofit FEIT lights from Costco and those have been great. I've used behind-the-drywall, push to connect lights, but they are so shallow they don't have any recess which is a bit too much glare. I...

www.southwire.com has a calculator for load, length, and gauge.

I am densifying, then sealing my fresh slab. Don't worry it is 30 days old tomorrow. However, if has some stains/marks on it from shoes etc. Anyone have a good idea on how to even it out? It doesn't need grinding. Should I just wash it and broom it? Scrub it with something? Ignore it...

Mika89? Which ones? Currently leaning toward 90W Greentek high bay, but worried might be too low at about 12' off the floor.

My wife is hugely supportive of the shop build. She is the "we need more horsepower" person. When I am the voice of reason in the relationship, things are pretty off the rails. Definitely won't cheese on lighting, in fact I KNOW it is so important is why I am spending so much time on it. I...

PS, Thanks for the links! Do you have an feel for where "High Bay" begins? If my ceiling is ~13' it might be too low for something so bright? It might be perfect. I know a guy who works in a place with one of those Big *** Garage lights and he said it is painfully dazzling. In my last...

Would I be better off using a "high bay" type light and fewer of them than 48" twin-tube LED, I wonder? My ceiling height should be about 13' 2" when finished. Lift is 11' 11" We have ceiling mounted vents from AC ducts in between the Attic trusses above. I have a drawing and a floorplan...

Thanks for your help, PS! I am probably too cheap to spend $3600 those. Hmmmmm..... Maybe ditch the ceiling fan for a corner mounted oscillating which would be noisy..... I do know that I had very little air movement in last shop except AC (Phoenix). Ended up running really cold(expensive)...

So I've been laying out my 64x36 shop electrical trying to figure out the best approach. In my last shop I put up 3 bulb x 4' fluorescent lights and hung them from the 14'6" ceiling on chains. That was good to increase light, but bad because it was a pain to do and the cords look messy...

I am doing a car/fab shop. I've used epoxy, but it scratches too easily. I densified the last shop, but did not have a sealer. This time, I thought I would try to use a white stain to brighten and even up the concrete, then densify, and seal. Anyone have any experience? I don't want it to...

We had a decent first day, but the soil testing guy showed up late and then it rained torrentially the next day! The day after it was too wet, but the grader just dug up fresh deeper fill and we pulled out the top layer of what we had. Ultimately, we had to play with the dirt to get the...

Finally got to the fill. We have good sand/clay here that will compact to upwards of 4000psi bearing capability. As we have dirt on site, I wanted to use it to save on fill. There are some risks to it, but seemed a good bet. I hired a soils engineer and testing company to be on-site. I...