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This Coleman Powermate compressor was made by Sanborn and its twenty plus years old. It stopped building pressure and a teardown revealed a broken piston ring. Mastertool has a piston/rod/ring set for $162, I don't want to invest that in this older unit. Any idea where I can source just a new...

The light was centered above and entry door, with an additional setup on the side of the building. I wanted them in the same location.

Everything is caulked up, so there shouldn't be any point of entry for a wasp on this light. Plenty of other places to make a nest in the barn.

There have been a few posts floating around on how to mount lights to the exterior of a pole barn with ribbed sheet metal. The method I choose involved the least amount of sheet metal removal and its extremely sturdy. Exterior weatherproof box has a 1/2 galvanized pipe threaded through the...

What is the best way to set the MDF? - Get wire supports and put it on top? - Use 2x6 and drill holes to bolt it to the cross beams? - Just put some 2x6 under the MDF to support it and fit between your crossbeams? Thanks Derek.-

The bulbs are only about 2500 lumens, but have a color temperature of 5000K so they are bright. When these go I might try a 250w set, which will give me about another 1200 lumens per bulb.

These are general lighting. When I move my shop into the space I will add some task lighting. For right now it's just used for storage and parking cars. These do a decent job, will post a pic after I get the final fixture in place.

I am in middle Tennessee so it doesn't get super cold. My electrical supply place turned my on to some 125w CFL with a 5000K brightness, they were $8 each and seem to be ok for now. I will probably upgrade to some higher wattage units when these go. Thanks for the info guys.

The space is 40x60 and there are 4 of these fixtures hanging from the ceiling. I am not worried about heat as its a metal building and there is nothing near the lights. This is just general lighting, there is not enough of them to provide much task lighting. I put a 75w bulb in one as it went...

I have 17" hanging round fixtures in my barn, they are rated to a 200w bulb. Any recommendations on something with good light output that won't break the bank?

That is just where it sits until its needed.

As soon as I am done with my wiring I need to move the workshop out into the barn, which also means setting up and laying things out. I was thinking of running some pallet racking along the back wall and using one of the shelves as work space. I am curious to hear input from folks, and maybe...

Do most of you use these types of brackets to route multiple cables? I am thinking I would put one coming out of the panel and then another by my bank of two boxes. Everything else is a pretty simple single run.

My barn is has open walls and I am using 12-2 MC cable for my runs, mostly outlets and lights. Does anyone have pictures they can post of how they organized the wires? For example, near my main entry door I will have 4 light switches in two metal boxes, looking for an idea on how now to make it...