Recent content by randyhenke

Put the ground rods in even if you don't need to. In my garage I have a 6 position sub panel which is rated for dual breakers so I can realistically have 12 circuits which cost me less than 30 bucks new. You can find calculators online to determine wire size and voltage drop over a distance...

South Main Auto is good too. Lots of troubleshooting electronic systems.

I just looked in the NEC motor tables and the absolute max breaker u should put that compressor on is an 70 breaker using exception 2b. Don't quote me on that tho I am just starting to understand the motor tables and could have missed something. That compressor in like new state shouldn't need...

Could be a bad breaker causing it to trip. If u can borrow a clamp meter u can see what ur running at while on the bigger breaker that might give u a clue but the inrush will be too fast for u to see. Sent from my XT1097 using Tapatalk

Caps might be faulty even though they are new. Also remove motor wiring from everything and ohm out the motor. Also hook up a multimeter to the circuit before u turn it on and measure voltage with nothing else running now try again as you turn it on see how much of a voltage drop you get. If...

If you look closely at the piston and sleeve it looks as though they are level. The plastic insert around the sleeve looks like it was pushed up. Also if you look at the aluminum mount that holds the plastic insert in and the piston they look level as well while the plastic insert looks like...