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    Wet location flourescent lighting?

    How old is the garage? I don't believe I have ever seen a t&g garage floor like that. Sounds interesting, anyway.
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    Damp Location?

    you talk too much.
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    Wet location flourescent lighting?

    http://http://www.lithonia.com/product/line.aspx?pt=Commercial+%26+Industrial+Fluorescent&c=Damp+%26+Wet+Location+Industrials&m=commercial Lithonia, Columbia, Cooper Lighting and Daybrite all have product offerings. I linked to the Lithonia product page. A contractor walking into a supply...
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    FPE Stab Lok panel/breaker

    Because of the issues(and maybe others) that mrb pointed out, a few years ago our 600+ wholesale locations were forbidden by our owners from even selling currently-produced replacement breakers for FPE panels. Too much risk of being pulled into a product liability action. If it were mine, I...
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    Is there a magical number?

    I have attached a short version IES lighting table which gives recommended illumination levels for different activities. Actually, you can have too much light. It can cause eye strain when too bright. The good thing about fluorescent lights is that because they are linear they cause less...
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    Another "what wire size" thread (sorry)

    The craigslist item is a 6 space main lug outdoor loadcenter. It may work just fine indoors but then you will want to know if the box has a closure plate on top or not, depending on how you will feed power to it. If there is no closure plate or hub you'll need one or the other. If it is used...
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    Induction Lighting

    rinky dink dink says induction lights are a great idea for a garage dstryr's OPINION is that it is not cost effective and talks about real-world experience. rinky dink talks about GSA and Macy's which is wholly unrelated to residential garages dstryr brings the convo back to GARAGES rinky dink...
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    Induction Lighting

    Payback in a garage for an $800 light source? You're kidding, right? My grandkids would be dead before there was a PAYBACK if I had 4 of these in my garage. YOU started this in the GARAGE section, now you want to talk about GSA, Macy's and all that other **** you found with YOUR google...
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    Induction Lighting

    Let's not make this personal and I am not new at this game. I just am pointing out the costs of the induction lights and they are NOT a bargain. The last thing I am against is new technology. I wouldn't have had the opportunity to guide a $6m dollar business to $12m in ONE YEAR by selling...
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    Induction Lighting

    But a person is not required to buy a lamp AND ballast because for repair & maintenance you don't have to replace both, so the part numbers you have listed is for the lamp only. The ballast in going to run you another $200-$300, but I have not looked it up. You're back up to $500+ with tax...
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    Induction Lighting

    http://www.saveonlighting.com/cat_brand-sylvania-fluorescent-icetron_electrodeless_lamps.htm http://www.sylvanialightbulbs.com/sylvania_t17_u_shaped_fluorescents.html They're still looking kinda spendy!:shocking:
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    Induction Lighting

    OSI has had them out for years. I don't know that anyone is really ignoring them because they are so expensive that they are not practical to install in a garage and they haven't become a popular choice. A few years ago there were virtually no fixtures from the major commercial lighting...
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    Heat Suggestion

    I used 2 calculators a few minutes ago. First came out at 3488 watts, assuming -20*F lowest temp with a 70*F target, un-insulated slab on grade, 9' walls, 7x9 overhead door, no service door. 2nd one came out at 3635 watts based on similar criteria, adding one 2'x3' window(6sqft). I think...
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    Heat Suggestion

    You are on the right track. A long-standing rule of thumb for a fairly well insulated residential space is 10watts/square foot. You may lose more heat if your floor is an uninsulated slab or if you have an overhead type garage door that isn't as well insulated as your walls and ceiling, but at...
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    Wiring Help Needed

    You bought a good heater. Marley Electric Heat has been around forever and you can actually get parts for them. Lots of electrical wholesalers carry berko/marley so if a retail place where you might have bought it won't give you the time of day when it comes to a repair part, you're not SOL...
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    Land ISSUES - Lawyers advise

    Just out of curiosity because I didn't read every last post of the 29 pages, if the farmer owned the WHOLE piece of land(6.666) acres, would it make his tillable land a nice square? Where I am going with this is that if there are few buildings on the land then my bet is that the farmer's long...
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    Square D QO or HOM??

    QO and HOM employ the same trip mechanisms. The QO has the visible trip indicator and a unique bus bar stab that SQD feels offers better long-term clamping to the bus and therefore a more reliable connection. A poor connection means heat and potential:shocking:burning/arcing. For a...
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