Recent content by HarleyJames

I live in eastern Oklahoma and Im thinking about one of these for my shop. I work 10-15 hour days sometimes in my shop and last summer we had over 70 days in a row of triple digit heat. The heat does something to my temper and I can't handle it like I used to. I was looking at the port a cool...

Its still 120v. I used the heavier wire so I could also hopefully run my water cooler when I get one or anything else I may want to run.

Well, it cost me $200 and another days work but I think I got it fixed like I want it. I went back to the hardware store, bought a 30 Amp breaker, a 30 Amp double pole switch and 65 feet of 8/2 AWG Romex and re installed everything. I ran the fans for 25 minutes and no problems. I guess I'll use...

Guys, I'm trying to wire up 2 squirrel cage fans in my shop for cooling engines for my motorcycle dynamometer. My first mistake is that I assumed the fans wouldn't pull as much amperage as they do. I ran to the hardware store and bought everything I thought I needed. I bought and pulled 2-20amp...