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    How many 20A convenience receptacles on a breaker?

    per code the load to use for calculations is 180VA/recept. you can load a 20A circuit up to 16A 16 x 120/180 ~ 10.7, round down to 10... I usually put no more than 8... it depends what you are hooking up it sounds like you did a good layout... I might have used 3 also, maybe 2, and alternated...
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    Wierd Load Center wiring - can you do that?

    Square D makes a kit to do it: must be rated for the usage and have the correct mntg kit, if so, safe and no big deal I think the red thing is the required mntg clip...
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    Wierd Load Center wiring - can you do that?

    it's AC, they work both directions I believe this is allowed by code if the CB is properly secured it's called back-feeding
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    Wiring help 240V metal halides

    what brand/model ? usually it's L1 hot to 240vac L2 hot to N or common the neutral wire from the dist system is not used... DO NOT wire the 2 hots together...a 240 short...
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    new concrete driveway rebar or??

    117 cu yd? at 6" thick that is ~6400 sq ft... that is way over kill...#4 on 2' center, both directions with a 4" slab you barely have enough cover for the rebar... for a slab on grade, if the subsurface is prepared correctly (compacted, level, and some stone) the slab is under...
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    Does high altitude make my compressor run longer?

    less density = more pumping for the same pressure plus the inlet pressure is lower, so less intake volume per stroke
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    Garage Stereo Systems

    20" LCD HDTV wall mntd on an arm w/built in DVD player and a small table radio, with great sound.. Tivoli
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    Need electrical help!

    if what you are asking is can the 3-way to the far right be replace by a recept that is not switch, no you are short a wire... even if you removed the right switch and put it in the center and tied the light to that switches output, you would only have a wire from the center to the right...so...
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    Need electrical help!

    are you saying 3 switches total? if so that is a 4-way switch with 2 3-ways the circuit could be wired in a few ways, ie, where the load is run to
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    Garage door opener problem w pics

    you pinched the ground and shorted the device...
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    Craftsman 1/2 drive socket sets

    thank you, great deal...
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    Cans or Fluorescents?

    that should turn out very nicley...no 1/2 assin' it
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    Wheel mount question

    I agree...the clamping force does the majority of the work... although I've had all lug bolts removed and still could not free the wheel on a BMW...but that is not the centerbores function, although as a consequence of its geometry it does carry a small fraction of the load... the bolts...
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    Wheel mount question

    dood, you couldn't even spell shear...twice it's easy to google stuff, but read all the posts almost to a man (woman) it's agreed there is a shear compnonent a single knock-off set-up has the wheel on the hub...and the hub is in shear... ugh
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    Wheel mount question

    they are definitely taking a portion of the total force in shear the 'have' to... what would the forces be? most cars can't corner > g, so they would not be in excess of the weight...and that's why they have multipe, each capable of in excess of 5 kip, easy in addition to centering, the...
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