Recent content by LawnGuy

Funny you mention that about the inside being warmer. I noticed the inside of this building is staying warmer then the outside temps by 10-20* especially when the sun stays out all day. Maybe I should be more worried about cooling come summer time.

Wow. Only 2 gal a day! Sounds like you have a perfect setup, guessing the waste oil is free? Nice!

Finn, does this work well for you? Keeping the building cooler with the radiant and warming it up with the air heater? How hard does the air heater have to work to warm it up to working temp? Thanks

I am about to pull the trigger on installing heating and A/C for a workshop I just put up. I would appreciate some opinions on my current (I keep changing my mind daily :headscrat ) decision for how to heat and cool this building. Building is a 50x100x14h pole barn, R26 foam in walls, R49 blown...

I asked the PoCo about higher voltages. It was a definite no. Your right about farms getting 3ph though. A lot of the irrigation systems are run on 3ph around here, if it's already on the pole. I think the closest 3ph nearby my place is at least 5 miles, so that's not gonna happen. A gen set...

I realise it's difficult to say if my existing service is sufficient for my future needs without knowing all details. Maybe that's why no one responded? How about my question regarding bringing main power into a "shed" 80' from building where I have phase converters then 3 & 1 phase into...

Hi all! Interested in hearing from the electrical experts on this. Trying to figure out the best way to install service to my new work shop. I do machining as a side business and have a cnc lathe plus some manual machines and will be getting a cnc mill as well. Hopefully someone can point me in...