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Hi everyone, I have yet another electrical question. I have bought the subpanel in the link below. I passed a wire from my 200 amp main panel to this new subpanel. I have two different people telling me two different things. One of them says that i dont have to put the 100amp main breaker on...

Hi all, I am in a bit of rush and i have already posted in the heater section but also felt that it can go in the electrical section. I am just trying to understand what the previous owner did to this heater, well actually two of them. was it to hook it up to a thermostat or something else...

Hi everyone, so the garage is slowly getting done, im at the electrical and plumbing now, hopefully the sheetrock will be up this weekend. I have purchased two of these heaters at an auction. However the cord coming out of the heater goes into a junction box and then there is a red wire...

Hi guys, I have a challenging question for me and possibly a very simple on for you. I have purchased 8 led shop lights that go into plugs (not hardwired) and also one into another. So i was planning on putting two per switch/plug. So one switch would turn on one plug which will have two...

so the garage is still under construction but getting there. I would like to poke around here to see what ideas some of you have. The garage is 600sqf with ten foot walls and cathedral ceilings. It will be used mainly to store a car during the winter months and possibly do some work on it. I...

I know I am posting a lot these days but I want to do it right the first time. So the foundation slab was just poured yesterday and it is was polished by helicopter too. How should I plan on finishing my floors? should I just seal it? epoxy? or leave it? the contractor polished it because I...

Hi all, so finally the city has approved my plans after going back and forth many times. My foundation just went down so I passed my water pipes and my 3awg wire for a new subpanel in detached garage. I was passing it through a 1 1/4 inch pvc pipe once I ended up outside. The run ended up...

Hi everyone, I have come across a clearance sale at Home Depot in Canada(where I’m from). I didn’t know which one of the door garage door openers to buy so I just bought them both. The whisper drive came out to 150$ and the belt drive came out to 100$. I feel like these are solid deals as I’m...

Hi everyone, I’m planning for the garage I’d like to build this summer, it will be a two car tandem garage about 540 square feet. I was looking into making a drain/ sewer. We don’t have city sewers here we have septic tanks, I know that it will be costly to connect it to the system so I was...

hi everyone, I have a few questions regarding electrical for my detached garage. The garage will be built this summer. I already have a 100 amp subpanel right beside my main, there are plenty of spots still available for more. I would still like to install a subpanel in my detached garage...

Hi everyone, Been looking on the forum for a awhile as I’m looking to build my garage this summer, I’ve got quite a few questions and want to do it right the first time. I know that this community is very helpful. Please excuse me if I have such no questions. I already have a 100 amp...