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I do have a couple spaces left in that main panel but I wanted to hold on to them for future circuits I have plans for in that part of the building. I guess at this point I'll just add this circuit and later on I can go the twin breaker route if needed. I have two spare runs of conduit running...

When I built my house I put in 400 amp service. The power company didn't want to do it because at the time most residential hook ups were 150 amps. I argued with them and with the help of a few extra bucks I finally got what I wanted. I knew I was going to build a shop out back someday and that...

Thanks guys.............I guess I'll have to step back and punt so to speak. Thanks for helping me sort this out.

Well yesterday I went out and dragged that big azzed coil of wire into the shop to just see if it would be long enough to get from the panel to the oven. It was just long enough to make it but I will have to mount the panel a little higher than I originally planned. When I checked it closer I...

I was just using the 100 amp panel because I already had it. The oven won't pull all 100 amps more like 60 when running full out. My main at my house is 400 amps. I split that in half and used 200 amps in both places. My shop is not attached to the main house so my neutral and ground lugs are...

What is meant by pass through lugs??

I want to run a circuit over to my big powder coat oven. I have a section of #4 copper in conduit that I want to use. I plan on putting a 100 amp service panel on the oven to use to power it and also to be used as a disconnect. There will be 2) 40 amp breakers 1 for each burner and a 20 amp...

Anybody ever tried to bend a piece of unistrut? I'm building a trolly system from my powder coating dip tanks to my spray booth and there are two 90 degree turns I have to go around to make the journey. I was wondering how much luck I would have trying to make these 90 degree bends without...

One of the rooms is almost complete. That's my machine shop and I have been using this area for some time now. I have had to make a lot of parts for different projects that have gone on while I have been working on the building. Here are a few shots of the machine shop and some of the inner...

The drain out back took another week of my life because the dirt was so dang hard I couldn't dig it with a pick. Some places didn't have to be too deep but other places were 2' or more. In the end it all worked out pretty good and the silt basin is doing it's job so hopefully the 'G Men' will...

Once I got the hole dug and the floor poured I had to build the walls and construct some kind of top to cover it. I had an old welding table that I no longer used so I cut the top off it and welded in some channels in the center for a piece of grate I had in the scrap pile to use as an inlet. I...

It's been awhile since I did an update. Still haven't finished the building but I'm at the point where I can work out of it and do the rest when I have the time and money. I wanted to put in a drainage system to help get some of the runoff away from the building and into a space that will be...

So I guess what you are saying that you don't need a ballast if you go to LED bulbs? The fixtures were originally 3, tube running off of a 277V ballast wired in series. The ballast I bought were 120V/277V ICN 4P 32N, multi voltage instant start ballast and they are for parallel wiring that work...

Referring to the shunted and non shunted connectors does it matter if I ever decide to switch over to LED bulbs?

Now don't laugh too hard but I found the need for somehow making it easier for my little 14 hp Power king tractor to pull big logs out of the woods and up to my wood pile. I was using a short piece of chain and the 3 point hitch but it was really hard on the little hitch. I had this old axle...

I called them but they were not very helpful but thanks anyway.

Bert, that's what I have. I'm thinking I have a bad ballast or maybe these instant start ballast and The GFI plug that feeds this circuit doesn't like the instant start circuitry of the ballast.I hadn't thought of that because I had two other older t 12 fixtures on that circuit and they worked ok.

I didn't think it would but that's all I could think of that could be wrong. Some of these fixtures I want to leave as three tube but I want to add extra sockets to a couple of them to make them four tube fixtures where I can use the extra light. I thought about the ground thing maybe some of...

I've already been there and found this one along with a bunch of others. The 4 tube setup like is in that drawing is how it's wired now and it still wont work. But thanks anyway it was worth the try.:)

I got some new light fixtures that were too good to turn down but you know how that goes. Anyway they were supposed to be for 120V but after I had them all mounted and started to wire them in I found out they were 277V. I had spent a day and a half taking down old fixtures that I wanted to...