Recent content by mbear

Do you need continuous real time monitoring are could you just use a clamp on ammeter to check things out once your up and running ?

The electric co op I am on uses what is called " Load Management Devices " to control my A/C compressors during system peak demand . There is a small device mounted near the condenser disconnect and the T stat wiring runs through it . If the conditions warrant , the control center can send a...

There's no way in hell I would run a stick welder off of #12 wire . You do what you want .

At this point , if you open that drain it will probably never seat again .

After my house flooded , we had all of the sheet rock pulled out so it was easy to plumb in a sink like that one in my garage . It backs up to an existing bathroom behind it so it was a no brainer . Very handy .

I was in the utility business and never remember hearing a distribution transformer hum from more than a few feet away .

It was a valid question .

The op is splicing #2 wire . I wouldn't bother with ductseal . Layer it up with some 88 and don't worry about it .

It was at a powerplant and it was standard warehouse issue stuff .

I come from the utility world and I've seen ductseal used on " medium " voltage bolted connections prior to taping. If I remember correctly it was on some power transformer bushing connectors . 6.9kv bus .

Just for the sake of discussion , the spec. for a GFCI is 4 - 6 milliamps of current differential will cause it to trip . This is below the threshold for possible cardiac issues .

This is correct . Your power provider is the source for this info .

I bought a 12v pump made by SLIME at O'Reilly I think . Pretty impressive for it's size .

Most of the time when I take a nail out of the box the head is on the wrong end . I have a whole bucket of defective nails .

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