Recent content by structures282

Hi. I have a 40x60x16 barn with a 20' wide loft up top and a 14x36 work area on the 1st floor. I spray foam insulated the roof line and I am slowly just batting/sheetrocking the walls. I have a 150k btu propane heater in 1 corner and I want to just install a 5ton package heatpump unit at the...

Hi. I built a 40x60x16 barn with a loft a few years ago. I'm thinking I want to add a shop inside the barn. Mainly for a wood working set up. I wanted a room really to keep the wood working tools set up and also to keep the saw dust from going everywhere thru the barn. With the way my barn...

Thanks a lot for the advice and sanity check. It's been less than a month since I bought the IR, so I was able to return it for a free replacement.

I can't seem to keep a pneumatic hack saw. I first bought a cheapy from harbor freight used it for a couple of weeks and then it slowly just stopped working one day. Sat it to the side and picked up a IR 429 saw. Used it for a couple of weeks then it did the same thing. Slowly stopped cutting...

My installation for the detached garage. Excuse the walls, I gutted this garage because it was falling apart when I bought the house. Just haven't gotten around to insulating and drywalling. I like the idea of using the threaded nut on top instead of the supplied bracket. After I finish the...

I just bought one here: http://www.greenhousemegastore.com/Electric-Utility-Heater/productinfo/HT-UTIL/ $259 delivered in two days! Delivered from grainger too (wierd?). I almost bought from Amazon for $350. But I kept reading online that people were picking these things up for like $250...

But you agree if a person was to cut power to the L1 leg the entire unit would shut down?

Can you explain how it's wired? Did you use the two red wires going into the thermostat and run them to the remote thermostat? I think this statement is true even for line voltage thermostats. I got my Dayton G73 last night opened it up and it appears if you install a line thermostat you'll...

My house has a 20 X 20 detached garage. Although there is no utilities to the garage. I'm confident I can get the electrical run without problems. Additionally though I would like to go a step further and run a water line in the same trench as the electrical line. See attached pic I would...

Works for me. I did read another suggestion from another post saying the rule of thumb is 1 watt per sq ft, seems reasonable. So I have 0.8 watts/sq ft. (320 watts/400 sq ft) Keep in mind, my use for this area is parking vehicles and doing a little mntc. I change the oil do a little...

I had the same deal in my attached garage when I bought my house. I used the fixture similar to what you have linked. I bought four 4' 2 bulb T-12 fixtures and spaced them equally in the garage. That's (8) 40 watt bulbs total. I installed them 5 feet inside from each side wall parallel with...

i don't really know much about blast cabinet quality. Just from searching the GJ forum and the econo website it seems econoline is a pretty good name. I was thinking about getting a HF industrial blast cabinet (http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=94274) new for...

I'm looking at a used Econoline 42 X 24 blast cabinet. They're asking $1200 and said it was new for $1800. I was thinking about offering a $1000. I haven't seen it yet but it sounds like it was lightly used. Anybody think this is a decent buy?

Ever weighed the packard? Are you sure it's more than 2500 per axle.

Can anybody suggest a multimeter with an amp clamp on it? I was hoping for around $100 and not more than like $250.