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Breakers (and fuses) have two ratings The continuous load rating (whats printed on the handle) and the interrupting current rating which is printed on a label on the side of the breaker. The higher the breaker rating, the higher the interrupting rating typically. So if you overload the circuit...

The amazon product description says the product is made in the USA https://www.windynation.com/collections/welding-battery-cable also their website says the same

The definition for ampacity is the continuous current that can flow in a conductor with respect to rated ambient and temperature rise so I suspect the chart is for continuous current. I don't know what the Universal chart is telling us. I would disregard The welding cable chart looks in line...

What model of SPC did you install? What do you mean it didn't work ? Failed to start ? Failed to run under load ? This is not a difficult rating to size an SPC for North American recommends this unit https://www.northamericaphaseconverters.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/PL-15.pdf Maybe your...

Wazz the control timer circuit is inside the timer relay and I assume screw connections are available to connect to the rest of the circuit. The labelled numbers from the timer relay (small diagram) connect to the labelled numbers in the large diagram The transformer on the right side of the...

there is some at RONA Burlington https://www.rona.ca/en/product/southwire-romex-simpull-electric-cable-nmd90-6-3-gauge-150-m-coil-white-47183915-8179011?storeId=10151&langId=-1&catalogId=10051

looks like they are still around https://energair.com/

in order for the piston to move back and forth, there must be a valve of some sort to reverse the direction of the air flow on the piston. It's either broken or stuck with debris or something is clogged. Assuming it's a HF model, inspect the parts against the parts diagram...

just in case you don't have a manual. Publication dated Mar 1980 http://www.vintagemachinery.org/pubs/detail.aspx?id=23400

looks like single pole 115v 15a The breaker looks like its breaking the black and white wire Open the box to confirm

it's still bimetallic in a disk form instead of a strip form Two different metals disk sandwiched together

I believe that Yamaha never brought the RZ500 into the USA but was available every else in the world so it may be difficult to find parts in the USA. Many salvage yards in Canada ship to the USA. So if you are interested in buying an original part, just email the shop and see if they will ship...

Don't know where you are located but they are still available up here in Canada at the salvage yards. https://www.oshawacycle.com/collections/all-products/rz-500

https://www.honda-engines-eu.com/files/files/carb-check-gc-v-gs-v-135-160-190-en.pdf if you didn't remove the pilot jet screw, to clean it, it's probably clogged I believe on these carbs, the pilot jet screw will snap if you try to remove it. It's still fixable if this happened. see the...

sounds like it could have decent resale value if the new price is $1,121