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If your tripping the breaker almost immediately, than you are pulling way more than 30 amps. here is a sample breaker trip chart. https://download.schneider-electric.com/files?p_enDocType=Technical+Drawing&p_File_Name=730-5.pdf&p_Doc_Ref=730-5 you can see how inrush can be multiples of the...

The l14-30 is rated at the 30 amps, (60 amps combined) in all basic terms you get all available amps available using the L14-30 plug for a quick inrush event like you are describing.

while I understand not wanting to post your personal address here, a google street view would be helpful to see the area nearby. a 3" honda pump is a good start to drain the basement after it floods, but I think you would need something much much larger to combat it while the rain is coming down.

ROI on battery can be positive if you have a large time of use differential cost. Here in FL with FPL, my cost is around $0.10 kwh delivered with no time of use metering. other places the cost can vary 2-4 times depending on time of use. Store power in the battery during the day and use the...

while I think the price is high, it is within reason of what I would expect. Last "HVAC" guy I had come to the house was a $500 bill for "leak check" when the system "lost" 2 pounds in a week. (this was 6 years ago) I expect to pay $200 for anybody to come to my house with a service truck, and...

we had a craftsman wired button back in the 90s and it worked like the one above, no security issue if yanked off.

I drain the bowl on all of my Honda powered generators. My Eu2000, and GX390 powered blackmax unit. The blackmax unit, I got for free from a neighbor with 1 hour on the hour meter. He put fuel in it back in 2008 for a hurricane, turned off the gas valve, but did not drain the carb, in 2018, he...

plug on neutral only requires the branch circuit hot and neutral wired to the breaker, where non plug on neutral GFCI breakers require an additional neutral pigtail to the neutral bus as well as the hot and neutral wired to the breaker. A regular breaker, does not have the time savings.

running 3 hours straight will pull out a lot of humidity, 71 set temp in 95 degree weather and running all of the time, sounds like expected operation. like the other poster asked, how is the airflow, I have had issues with freezing due to airflow restriction

working out of a sloppy box, I hate that. Last box I worked out of was a friends well organized snapon box, had nice socket organizers and doubles of everything, make it easy to work out of even when I misplaced the 10 and 13mm a few times. (all were found when the job was done) He had way...

I have just over 1 box in our walk in closet, but it was opened and we used the long pieces. We went with a common walnut color, so matching it would be easier if needed, exotic or unique you may want more, but realistically, the reason to replace hardwood is a flood, which in my case will be an...

you can charge your cell phone with the engine not running, get a simple 12V to USB charger. I keep a couple of portable USB power stations around for charging cell phones when on vacation and such, so they would be used first. Also note, many laptops can charge a cell phone even when turned...

what is the end goal? stairs light on whenever the garage lights are on?

I have used my old duramax pickup to run a refrigerator after a hurricane. I had a 1000 watt inverter, and the truck had 2 batteries, I had 2 more batteries in the garage and used a jumper cable to connect the 2 battery banks together, kicked the high idle up on the truck and let it idle for...

If I had them, I would build them into a 12 volt battery pack, I already have a 1000 watt pure sine inverter.

I had a generac 15kw portable gasoline generator, it had a drain hose for draining the oil, the same could be done for one in a job box, it would just need a hole under it to allow gravity drain.

funny you mention the old condensing unit. I was thinking the same thing yesterday, even keep the fan on top for airflow. I want to find a short traffic light controller box, made of aluminum and heavy duty to build a generator enclosure out of. but it would need to be surplus, as they are...

ouch, Heard a story of a guy who jumped off of a boat, ring got stuck on the bimini top hook with the finger when he jumped in the water.

What temperature are you trying to maintain inside, what is the outside temperature. Is the unit 19 years old? Do you have a way to measure the temperature at the vents? Where is the inside unit located? (closet, garage, attic, roof, other) Can you put a thermometer on the discharge of the unit...

open ground should not make the end get hot. Electrical connections get hot for 2 reasons, loose connection or over current. I had an old Toro leaf blower that the extension cord end melted on, the female extension cord was old and worn out. That cord was 20 years old and was thrown away.