Recent content by phorsfi

Greyhound, Glad to see the RC's still have a prominent spot in your garage! Long time since I've been over on The RC boards. Welcome, Nice Garage!

As an electrician you wouldn't find that in my garage... EMT fittings dont hold much, basically you have the weight of your fixture hanging off the set screw, not cool. If we need to hang a fixture from conduit we use rigid, thread it and screw the conduit into a propper electrical box and a...

Been using the Makita LXT lithium ion line of tools for about 2 years on the construction site. Great stuff! The impact driver is a handy tool that gets used by me more often than any of the others. I would recomend the Makita tools. Edit: just saw you were posting about a 10.8v homeowner type...

Wouldn't use these if they were the only think my suppliers sold. I've seen far too many of these units fail to make a decent connection already. Push in connectors are for homeowners with no knowledge of electricity or inept/lazy people who cant/wont learn how to properly splice wiring. The...

Thumbs down from an electrician who has used the stuff...:headshake All the brands I've seen have been poor quality, hard to install, hard to make look good an finish time, etc etc... I would much rather fish a new run through a finished wall. Not something I would install in my own or a...

Cedar as in S. Nanaimo?? I'm from Parksville, BC. 4Th year apprentice electrician, Experiance with Residential, Commercial and Industrial Construction. Currently working construction @ an oil extraction facility in the Oilsands of Northern Alberta. Currently about ready to purchase or build...

wow this is scary... Consult a qualified electrician, Im an electrician in Canada and those of you recommending 10awg wire and a 30amp breaker are looking to burn down this guys house. The compressor is rated at 16A, the UL/CSA etc ratings on these motors are peak (motor start amperage) ratings...

(Amperage of circuit x .8) X Voltage = Acceptable load rating in watts. However you can Load a dedicated heating circuit to 100% of the circuit breaker rated amperage because it is a known continuous maximum load. This is Canadian Electrical Code, I'm sure the NEC is similar however I work up...