Recent content by jtshusker

I got bored one day and made a lamp out of 3/4" plywood, 1/2" emt and put and on/off switch on a metal electrical box.

Typical recessed can lighting is affective up to a five feet diameter, where your can would be the center. Or 30 inches in any direction, considering your bulb is the center. Anything past that 30 inches, the light quality is greatly diminished. I would def. look into installing some F32 T8...

This is a complete SAE 1/4" Sparta Socket set with ratchet, breaker bar, 1/4 handle, and case. I have pictures available if you are interested. not sure how to show pictures on this website

lol right

mind you, I use a breaker bar from the 50's so SK may have been different then

S-K is now out of business, but there quality is beyond words all I ever used for years. I would buy it

They do make special dimmers for flourescent lights, but the cost a fortune, well over 150 in most cases, but if you wanted to you could contact an electrical supply place to find one.

I would look at the amperage on your breaker 15 amp is 14 gauge wire and 20 amp is 12 gauge wire. most of the time outlets in a garage are fed down stream from a GFCI receptical, unless you have a GFCI Breaker. which is entirely different, where everything on that circuit is GFCI. You can add...

see if you have bentonite in your soil where your live. I am not sure on the spelling of bentonite, but look it up. Do your neighboors have the same problem?

where I live you can't pour concrete without cracks, bentonite in the soil. No matter what you do it cracks at every house in my neighboorhood!

I would have a question for you, saying it only uses 10.4 amp, you maybe be able to get by with 14 gauge which is good for 15 amp, but the cost to upgrade to 12 gauge and a 20 amp breaker is nominal. I would go 12 gauge and a 20 amp breaker to be safe, which wont cost you must more, besides a...

If you will never move it hard wire will save you money over using a nema plug in.

Well as charles said, you should probably use 12 gauge wire for the unit, which would need a 20 amp breaker. If you have no intention of moving it, just make sure to make all of your electrical connections in a box.

I feel like the 6500K daylight deluxe which have a blueish appearance literally give me a headache, something about the light just makes me want to shatter the bulb.

these are brands I loved in the electrical wholesale industry, when I used to do that