Recent content by TS057

Excellent! Thanks again! It's amazing how difficult it's been to find things for this project - this forum has been a lifesaver! A person would think that it might be reasonable that any of the the home improvement stores would be able to supply a project like this - NOT SO! Let's see...

That is EXACTLY what I need. I couldn't find them anywhere at Menards. The only thing that had that was close was a 2-gang cover for a junction box. It was the flat style cover w/ slots that would have to be recessed into the sheetrock - i.e. not what I'm looking for. Do you happen to...

I could understand that but if the conduit runs out the side of the box it will still be in the wall cavity. I need it to leave the front face of the box to exit the wall and go to the heater.

So I'm nearly done installing my Mr. Heater Big Maxx. I'm planning to have it be direct wired. The plan was to have a box in the wall with wire in conduit running from the box to the heater. I can't for the life of me figure out how to attach the conduit to the wall box! I'd planned on...

How true... I was just referring to the wire. At the time of purchase I had no idea what those three-way splices would cost. It's funny how things work out... If that's true I'll use a 30A breaker or put a 50A plug on my compressor. Not hard to remedy. However, how come you can use 15A...

It cost me less than $10 to go from #10 to #8. This way I'll have less voltage drop and also be able to run a 40 amp circuit instead of a 30. For right now the compressor will sit in the front corner of the garage @ the end of the run. The feed-through box is upstairs in the space above the...

Thanks guys. I ended up finding a supply house and connector as Charles suggested. They were damn expensive - I almost had to do a double take when I saw the price on the register but long-term I'll feel better about using them. Link to supplier site

I found some large wire nuts @ Lowes but they only say for up to 2-6ga wires. I don't know if that would cover 3-8ga wires. There was nothing to be found at Menards or Home Depot. I was really hoping for something more solid like an aluminum block w/ set-screws or similar... Just can't seem...

First off - I'm somewhat of a rookie when it comes to electrical work and while I've done my homework I don't know all of the general rule-of-thumb guidlines that may seem obvious to some. I know 'just enough to be dangerous' as my grandfather would say! I need to to a feed-through a box for...

Has anybody used pinch-clamp fittings? You can get this style crimper for about $15 in the irrigation section at Menards. You could probably even get by w/ a $6 'nipper' from HF. You might have to order the pinch clamps to fit the size of air hose you have as I think they only stock sizes...

Thanks everyone! Flush it is! I like the idea of the removable 'panel' which will simply be a narrow piece of sheet rock w/out the joints taped. I'm fairly sure that would make code as that's all that's on the wall right now and the house was built last year. I'm just planning on running...

This should be a pretty straight forward question... I'm starting to plan the sub-panel and wiring for my garage. My question is, should I mount the panel on top of the sheetrock or flush mounted between the studs? I like the idea of a more 'finished' look by having the panel between the...

In my old garage (14x24') I did 4' of 7/16" OSB w/ 4' of 1/4" pegboard above it. I had shelving mounted about 18" down from the ceiling for rubbermaid tubs etc. It worked out very well and I really liked having the pegboard everywhere. Made it super easy to hang up just about anything.

Some things to consider: Light output Light color Dimmability We went w/ Xenon's for the above reasons. Basically a decent light output, softer light color and they have the ability to be put on a dimmer (unlike fluorescent and most LED). We put as many lights as would physically fit under...

Quick question - do you know how many amps the blower motor draws? Did you put your heater on its own circuit?