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Embarrassingly enough, I dont know how I missed that. I've looked at so many dang bulbs over this last week that it must of fried my brain. Lol. Thank you for lining me out. Sent from my SM-G975U using The Garage Journal mobile app

Hey guys, can someone tell me which is the better bulb here? From what I can tell, and I'm no lighting expert, they are very similar. The ones from prolighting are little more expensive though. Im looking to buy 30 bulbs. Thanks...

I hooked 240v to the sign and confirmed it does work. So now I'm going to have a 40amp breaker going to the a 40amp 5hp rated double pole toggle switch with 8/2 romex and then to the pressure switch then to the motor. What would be the best way to incorporate the sign now where I will be able...

No starter. The motor is wired right to a double pole pressure switch. Previously I had a whip with a 6-50 plug on it from there. Sent from my SM-G935V using The Garage Journal mobile app

Is your pressure switch a single pole switch? Sent from my SM-G935V using The Garage Journal mobile app

Here is a link to the sign I would like to use. There is a brief description that says it comes with a bunch of different plugs to use and some of them are 240v. They are EU, UK, and JP plugs though. Can i make it work...

Yep I now know that thanks to you and this forum. The statement was about how I WAS using it before I started redoing the electrical in this shop. I installed a new service panel and some other circuits. Last one I have left is the conpressor circuit. I was planning on keeping it as it was and...

It's an LED sign Sent from my SM-G935V using The Garage Journal mobile app

Thank you for that! So is all the wire in your diagram the #12 wire? Does L2 have constant power? How did you run that? And the 8/2 you ran is on the other side of the contactor then, right? That goes right to the motor? My pressure switch is right on the compressor and currently has the #10...

I'm glad to hear that you were able to make something similar work. I have to admit though, I've read your post about a dozen times and I'm struggling to picture it. I think it's where you said the toggle switch is in series with the pressure switch but then you also said its wired with #12...

I like the idea. Its pretty simple. However, I dont wish to open the panel up and flip the breaker everytime I go in and out. I was hoping I could just have a toggle switch I could flip right next to the light switches. Sent from my SM-G935V using The Garage Journal mobile app

Yea looking back at it now, I didnt do to good of a job explaining. My original thought was to use 10/2 to the double pole switch, then come off one of the pole of that switch to supply a hot to the receptacle the sign would plug in to, and then come off the other side of that receptacle with an...

In your last paragraph, are you saying to run one leg (120v) of the 240v to one side of the coil and then continue off the other side of the coil to the compressor? Then I would still use the leviton double pole switch you posted to turn it on and off? And if you zoom in on the pic of the...

So after reading a little bit on the current sensing switch, I think I have a better understanding of it. If I understand correct, then I could run the romex from the load side of the double pole switch I want to use, through the current sensor, and then to the pressure switch at the compressor...

Looks like that's only rated for 2.5amps. Not sure if that would work. But then again I'm not sure if I understand fully how that works. Could you elaborate please? Thanks Sent from my SM-G935V using The Garage Journal mobile app