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I don't recall which part stuck, but he did have his lift runaway unattended...

Not quite sure, it's a hodgepodge compressor. The motor on it is shown below

Exactly. What I meant by 3-wire 220v was 2-hot and a ground. Given a 110v light would need a neutral wire, it would require me to do something a little differently. Certainly news to me, that is good to know! I toggle the actual "automatic/off" switch on the compressor. The power for it...

I have my compressor in my attached 2-car garage and would like to have a light turn on if I have the switch on the compressor "on". It's happened a time or two where I leave the garage for the night with a leaky tool on the line and the compressor on, at about 2am it cycles on and wakes...

I am doing some rust repair on a car and in certain areas I am adding some reinforcements. Some of these areas I am having a pretty difficult time getting clean, primarily they are up in corners that aren't very conducive for getting a power tool in there to really scrub it clean. I am...

Thank you for the input everyone, it's been very helpful. This captures quite a bit of what I was trying to convey. Yes on the calculations, balancing a panel is a new term to me, but I would assume it would involve trying to balance the load between each bank. I am looking into the basics...

This is a very elementary thread on electrical code. I am a new homeowner [2006 home] and have some questions. I am adequate when it comes to basic AC electrical work, changing components out and doing small alterations to existing circuits. What has never been explained to me is residential...