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It's been a long time, busy with other stuff but still looking for a good condition Plomb 1 3/16 #1238 comb wrench.

Has anyone put these 50 watt LED's overhead from 16 - 20 feet high? Do you still get plenty of light at the floor?

Charles, I also have the insulation. Does trapping the insulation between the plywood and the sheet metal cause whatever is being mounted (in my case the outdoor receptacle) to be unstable? Or does it tighten down enough to compress the insulation to keep it from being soft?

Thanks to all here, I've got my load center (breaker box) mounted and a few runs of conduit for some inside receptacles and the overhead door openers. Now I need to install an outdoor receptacle. I've read some threads here and have decided to surface mount a weatherproof box and in-use cover...

Charles, Did you mount the unistruts to the girts and then mount the switch/receptacle boxes to the unistruts? I was thinking of mounting the switch boxes directly to the girts. Also, thinking of clamping the conduit directly to the girts. Did you simply bolt the load center to the one...

What's the best way and best material to mount a breaker box in a all steel building? The horizontal purlins are at about 4 foot and 8 foot. I was thinking of using sheet metal studs to mount on the purlins and then screwing the load center/breaker box between the metal studs. But I've never...

laser, Someone else can jump in but for 220~240 circuits, I'd recommend 10 ga. I'm planning on using 12ga for my 120v circuits and 10 ga or maybe even 8 ga for my 240v circuits.

Depending on the length of the run, I'd run cat5e instead of cat6 to save dollars. If a short run then the savings isn't much so step up to cat6. I also use a structured wiring "can" for low voltage stuff (speaker wire, cat5e for phone, ethernet, and infrared & RG6) in the house but not...

I should have thought about that. I guess I was thinking I had to run metal inside the walls.

A junction box mounted to the PVC and then EMT or flexible steel conduit on the other side of the junction box could provide the necessary transition. The junction box would be under the utility sink but would it be okay since the #6 is passing through (no splices)?

I also had plumbing roughed out for a future bathroom. Unfortunately, my plans didn't workout like I was thinking and now there's not enough room for the sub panel above the electric PVC stubout due to the bathroom. The PVC stub out is too close to the sink drain which is very close to the...

I am ready to run electricity to my steel building. When the slab was poured, I had 1 1/2" PVC put in ditch from house to building. I'm running #6 THWN from the house to the building through the PVC. Problem is due to floor plan, the service sub panel will be on a wall within the building...

I plan on doing the same thing, run two complete circuits (two hot, two neutral, and one ground) 12awg in EMT with every other receptacle on the same circuit for a total of 4 receptacles on each circuit, maybe one quad in the middle of the run with both circuits in that box. To plan for...

Pete, Wow, those lights are brighter than I thought they would be. And that's just 6 lights (50 Watts each), correct? I think 9 - 12 in my 45 x 45 would work just fine. That's a nice looking press! Thanks for the pics.

Is 16 feet too tall? Also, at 16' they would have to be suspended from steel beams. Optionally, could I mount them to the beams and angle them so they shine straight down? Although, that would be even higher. The ridge beam (for the middle row of lights) is about 20 feet above floor. Would...