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Alright thanks. Called up the electrician and will hopefully get this sorted out.

I was wrong, it has 20A fuses with 10 gauge wire according to my friend. Another interesting thing going on is when you spool up the bench grinder, the single light get's really bright until the grinder is up to speed. It was suggested that I upgrade to a new breaker box from the old screw in...

Yes, one single light, don't ask me why I didn't set it up that way:) It is on a switch but am not sure if it's on it's own circuit. I think it's a 30A circuit but I'll have to go out and check. Yes there is a wall switch. It has been suggested to me that I hardwire them from the ballasts into...

The lights will be used in a 20x40 area in a shop, hung from the ceiling and about 12 feet from the floor. There is an older 60 amp box, and I think I will be using the existing light circuit; currently there is a single large incandescent light above a workbench. I know that the amount of...

What kind of info do you need to know? I'll do my best to fill in the blanks.

I'm not too knowledgeable about residential wiring, but have a couple friends that can help me out. I'm still absorbing as much as I can since I'm a fairly young guy but do like doing as much as I can myself. After doing some research I still ended up getting some cheaper t8 fixtures, mainly...

Fresh outta college and back to the farm, been working on some things and the garage journal came up on thecombineforum.com when I was looking into some toolbox and lighting issues. After reading up on fluorescent lighting here it seems like there's a great knowledgeable community and I better...