Recent content by FrkyMnky

Let me know if you have questions. Sizes are pictured. $170 shipped.

Well for everyone that helped and everyone that was following this, it turned out to be the pressure switch. Im not sure how I ended up blowing 2, but third one was the charm. Im not 100% sure it wasn't drawing too many amps as I lowered the pressure from 155 to 120 with the new pressure switch...

So I checked the current on both lines while running and its pulling a steady 15a. I didn't see much of a jump during startup, but the meter I was using is pretty cheap so it might not be fast enough to catch the startup current. At this point now I am more confused than before when I thought it...

The pressure switch is a cheap Condor POS, but the contacts are rated for 26A. The only thing I can think of is that the motor is pulling too many amps and while the contact is working while its connected once it tries to disconnect; **** up in flames. Looks like it could be either the run...

Yea I'm still not sure what could be causing this. Thats the part that *****, I have no idea why on shutdown I would burn up a contact. I would expect it to be on startup.

Get a moving coupon for Lowes and go get 10% off. I just bought the 8' 4 4' bulb T8 fixtures for $39 before discount. I can't beat Lowes since I also get a military discount.

Forgot to add its a campbell hausfeld gr004500AJ switch. That was the second one I blew, the first one was basically the same switch except it was a 125-155 instead of 95-120. Both times, the contact on the black wire side was the one that burned up.

Here are the pictures guys… I didn't take a picture of the panel, but its white/black to each pole on the 30A breaker and bare to ground. I will check the motor tomorrow and I am going to hook up the line leads directly to the motor wires so I can get a amp reading. I can't think it would be...

So I have burnt up two pressure switches and I'm not sure what it causing it. The only thing that has changed is me wiring up the shed for 220, so that leads me to think I did something wrong with the wiring. Everything works great until it reaches shutoff pressure and then I get a nice puff of...

Just finishing up rewiring my shed and had a quick question on the proper way to wire a safety switch to the compressor. Its a SqD 30A switch with two 30A fuses. Im assuming for 240v white/red on one fuse, black/black on the other, and green/bare to neutral bar. Do I need to bond the neutral bar...

Thanks for the heads up, already done since I already started digging the trench. Nothing in the back yard as there is a creek right behind the house, so I'm good to go.

Im gonna drive them in, but I was hoping I could keep it close to keep from having to buy so much bare copper and use the trench so I don't have to swing the sledge so much. Thanks for the answer.

Are there any regulations on how far the ground rods must be placed from a building being supplied by a sub panel? Also, are there any regulations on how far the rods must be from the service wire supplying the sub panel? I want to put the rods along the same path as the conduit for the building...

Nope not confused. Just with everything that was being said, it was making me second guess. I found everything I needed though. If I want to have both sides neutral, I can run a jumper wire between the two bars and be just fine. I can also run one or two ground bar kits and the mounting bolts...

It is in a detached structure, I am running 4 wire 2-2-2-4 and there will be 2 ground rods driven in connected with #6. I haven't wired anything yet or even mounted the panel. I just got it shipped on Friday. While I am asking questions, and getting a little confused with the responses, I...