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thanks buening & tfi I was told it is 220V unit, but I'll look it over again and see what I can find. I've been busy with work and have not been in the shop all week I'll look at the spade terminals and see if there is anything there and as far as the compressor having a low oil shutoff or...

[/url][/IMG] heres a pic of the guts. the white wires at the top are coming from a fuse box(power) the white and black at bottom are going to the motor, the green wires are coming from the pressure switch. my question is where do I connect the green wires for the pressure switch. thanks again...

What type of roof are you putting on the barn? As Tim pointed out above staggering the joints and using as long a purlin as possible will work fine. With 2' OC(rafters?) you could also stick a 22-1/2" sister betweem the rafters, under the purlins and have the joint land on the sister. You'd...

hi all I'm Chuck, I live in Northern CA. I am a garage/shop rat - tool junky. I like to cut,bend,shrink,stretch,screw,glue,nail,saw and weld just about anything. This looks like a cool place to have stumbled on.

Hi everyone, I bought a used 5hp air compressor that came with a "Definite Purpose Motor Starter"("DPMS"). The tank has a pressure switch but the motor is not wired to it. The pressure switch has 2 screws in and two screws for the motor. I could not find a model # on the "DPMS", I did find...