Recent content by kd4pbs

First post (I think; I donno - I've been registered here a while; may have talked about my generator install a while back?)... Oops - yep - my 10th post... yay me! -- too bad I forgot about the other stuff I posted; getting old ***** sometimes! ;) I'm almost done having a 36x32x14 downstairs...

I'd say do whatever you want to do and don't rely on us to decide for you.:pimpflash

Assuming this is an air compressor you are talking about, a friend has had a 5HP 60 gal. air compressor in the unfinished, uninsulated upstairs of his shop for 10 years. He has never had any issues with this setup.

Thanks. Being concise and accurate is indeed a much under-appreciated virtue. So is having a sense of humor, and I appreciate that very much :) We wouldn't want a delivery man to show up at the right street address but in the wrong solar system now, would we? ;)

Then the question would be how much of the cost power being sold to you is to cover the cost of the facility, and how much is to cover the cost of the fuel to feed the facility. I imagine this could be easily figured out.

Ahh - I thought he wrote "what?" because he didn't understand the theory. "appreciable" indeed, measurable though is what I was getting at. Where would you rather put your sensitive electronic equipment? No worries; I've made a wonderful living over the past 25 years that included sometimes...

Sorry - I know not everyone knows electronic theory... I hope this helps... http://bit.ly/yR6fYc :dunno:

The power plants running in a reduced rate due to private power generation installations feeding the grid still cost less to operate than a greater rate when the private power generation installation is not feeding the grid. They don't have to feed in as much coal, gas, water, or teeny, tiny...

For what it's worth, and I imagine it's not a code thing, but if I were you aren't too far along, you may want to put the highest current stuff up as close to the main breaker as possible. This reduces the amount of voltage drop across the whole power bus in the panel, and while it might not be...