Recent content by rharley

AAAHHHHH!!!!! now I understand. I know when I did mine, without the disconnect, I only had the 3 wires coming off the meter pan lugs. Thanks for clearing that up for me, I just couldn't see the "big picture" Ron

Hello, I'm a little unclear as to where the 4th wire will come from?? There is no ground wire or connection in the meter pan or the disconnect. I know if it were installed as a sub panel off of the main service panel, the 4th wire would come off of the ground bus. In this case, the garage is...

Hello, I think you only need 4 wires if this is being installed as a sub-panel. With it coming directly off the meter lugs, it is considered service entrance equipment and only has the 2 hots and neutral. Again, there is no 4th wire in the meter pan. The ground wire is only needed when the...

Hello, I just did this exact same electrical install and passed inspection with no troubles. I'm in NY and we are under the 2008 nec codebook. I too have a 320 amp dual lug meter pan with 200 feeding the house and 100 feeding my detached garage with 3 #2 copper thhn wires in schedule 80 conduit...

DDDDOOOOOOOHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I guess I should have cleaned out the shelves of the remaining magnetic ballasts:(:( Oh well, at least I'll be energy efficient. Thanks Ron

Mark, When you go to lowes to purchase your lights, read the box label carefully and you should see it say electronic ballast. Like I said, I have to sort through 3 stores to weed out the electronic's from the magnetic's. TV is a thought, we have several music only stations on the local...

Hi Mark, I bought the lights from lowes. They were 55.00 each without the bulbs. There were several older boxes on the shelf that had been there a while that were magnetic ballasts. I went to 3 different lowes stores emptying the shelves of the lights with the electronic ballasts. I guess I...

Hi Mark, I have a 24x24 garage with 10' high ceilings. I have 110 watt HO lights with the electronic ballasts. I have 14 8foot 2 bulb fixtures for a total of 28 bulbs:shocking: I love a well lit organized garage. All the lights are controlled by 3 switches on 3 different circuits. As far as...

I just put a radio in my shop, and my T12's are killing the reception. Is there any solution to this besides turning off all the lights and listening to the radio in the dark?? I tried everything, putting the antenna outside, getting an amplifier (which only made it worse). HELP !!