Recent content by LesCharles73

Ok, I think I got it this time.

Cool thread! I love these old Tanker Desks. Here's a picture of the one my dad has. He's talked about giving it to me so he can clear some space. I need some goo-gone to get that tape off the drawers and the formica is coming unglued, so I'll probably be needing some contact cement as well...

Can you expand on this? If you're bypassing the ballast, the only efficiency issues would be related to the lens (if applicable) and reflector. Not that I endorse retrofitting MH high bays. Just curious what you meant by crappy fixture efficiency.

Another vote for 20a here. I'd rather have fewer @20a rather than more at 15. My thought being you can always upgrade the service later, but re-pulling circuits would be a huge pain.

Thanks for the response! The seller had it listed as "new", but since it's eBay I have learned to not take it as gospel. The company is an HVAC surplus liquidator, so my thought is that it is new and has been palletized on a rack somewhere. The cabinet design isn't extremely rounded like the...

Hey everyone. First time poster but longtime lurker here. I wanted to get some opinions on an idea I have. I found this Modine PAE30AC 30K BTU unit heater on eBay and got it for a pretty good deal since the seller/liquidation company had been sitting on it for a while. It looks to me like it's...