Recent content by wmchurch

Thats funny because I was already leaning toward 8x8 at 4’ so that’s good… I’m going back and forth between 12’ and 14’ eave height for at least one section. I have an Airstream we’re rehabbing and would like it to easily fit with some headroom. 12 would work but 14 would be better. Hanson is...

We have a vacation place in central Florida just south of Ocala (Sumter county) and we're itching to build a pole barn/shop. Looking for any guidance for anyone in that area that's done something like this before. I'm on the fence of subbing it out or doing it myself. I'm capable of doing it...

I'll take some when i'm at the property next, but honestly not much to show right now.

Yeah, I was trying not to overdo things as I usually do. First thought was to meter can on outside and panel on inside, but this is really just a tiny garage that is storing my tractor and has to run chargers and stuff and wanted to keep wall-space free on inside. I have a run that will go out...

Renovating a small garage and I'm looking for ideas on how to pass the electrical from the outside panel into the garage. - New 150A Meter / Main Breaker Panel combo mounted to outside of the garage. - Want to pass electrical through back side of panel into garage Garage is 2x4 frame with...

seems right. I kept trying to follow it but my iPad was freaking out and one page kept showing totally blank. :P

Heh, yup. That's absolutely right. :) Got to love it when I screw up my own attempt to set something straight.

Something people constantly struggle with is the purpose of the breaker. It's there to prevent a fire. It does that by preventing the current draw from exceeding the capacity of the breaker. It's only able to do it's job when the wire it's protecting is rated for the capacity of the breaker or...

I'm not sure if it's been discussed and I missed it, but when working with solenoids in DC circuits, "fly-back" voltage is a big concern. When the circuit is de-energized, the return of the actuator will generate electricity and will "fly-back" into the circuit. Sometimes this voltage can be...

Trying to identify this beast. It was my fathers, believed to be from the 20's. The tank split about 30 years ago and it was sitting for a few years. I stripped it 20 years ago and freed it up by just pouring some Marvel in the cylinders and letting it sit. Painted it, made a new gasket out of...

Trying to identify this beast. It was my fathers, believed to be from the 20's. The tank split about 30 years ago and it was sitting for a few years. I stripped it 20 years ago and freed it up by just pouring some Marvel in the cylinders and letting it sit. Painted it, made a new gasket out of...

Yes, I've done this 6 times, not taking it personally, you never know who you're taking to on the Internet. :) The first time I did it I was 16, learned a lot then. In any case, the service will be upgraded to 200AMPs. In all of the upgrades I did, I always changed out the meter can, riser...

67carl, Wow, that's interesting and I'd appreciate that too. I've always been put off a bit of how easy it could be to accidentally bridge the hot and neutral in some of these boxes. It seems like we've been doing the same thing since Edison started selling this stuff… I'll have to check...

Stuart in MN, That's definitely something I've considered. I did that for a family member's house, and it worked/passed inspection but for my garage I didn't want to lose the space, and also want it to be a clean installation.

When considering the grounding system, I've been struggling with the interpretation of what is "right". I've read the stuff in both CodeCheck and NFPA70. I've also seen a few youtube videos from "AskThisOldHouse". One of this things I've noticed is a lot of people doing 2 x 8' 5/8" ground...