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Pretty much buttoned up everything and waiting on AEP now. Should have the parts this week to fix the broken metal halides and the multi-tap parts to convert the last one that I picked up on the way home after Thanksgiving. Outside lights installed: 120V ceiling outlets for flourescent...

Finished mine up today. Ended up needing to add a Mega plate to the siding block due to the size of my light fixture. Also, unlike the lap siding blocks, the back of the integral box is flush with the block so trimming to fit the ridges in the siding isn't an option. I simply bought some...

I ended up going with flourescents on mine:

I have a recently completed pole barn with steel roof & siding. I ended up about $8k over-budget, so I had to pass on having it sheeted with OSB before the siding was installed and as a result I've got plenty of areas where I can see daylight and cold air can freely creep in. I know that it's...

The Cliffs and The Badlands (I lived out there until about a year ago and was in the same Jeep club as Rocketman).

FYI: many of the PC's made in the last few years have software configurable jacks. They'll attempt to detect what you've plugged in (speakers, headphones, microphone) and can be configured for a 'line out' signal. I use a Motion Computing tablet PC in the car when I travel for nav and MP3's and...

You should be fine. I've had older PC's in my garage for several years now with no problems. The cord plugs into the speaker jack on the back of your PC (assuming you have built-in sound or a sound card installed) and then into the back of your amp just like any other component with RCA...

Wasn't in my office much today, so I'm just seeing this thread. My YJ-bodied '86 CJ-7 Laredo: And my half-YJ bodied '83 CJ-8 Scrambler: Been dry fit back together and sitting in the back of the warehouse at work since we moved a little over a year ago. Hopefully I'll be...

Yup, it ended up in a clearing before you get up to the house. The house is located pretty much at the zoning limits in the southwest corner of the property, so there was nowhere to go behind it or next to it. Picked up my last Ebay purchase of 2x2 flourescents (those will probably go in my...

Hey pnut!! I remember you from ORC...you're in MI if I recall correctly. Your attention to detail is always inspiring. It's definitely going to be a slow finish as I'm pretty much out of cash...just wrote the check for the overhead doors, but that could be a good thing as it gives me time to...

Finished up the last two lighting receptacles, just have to install the outdoor light over the overhead doors and put the switches in. Passed the electric service inspection yesterday, so I'm calling AEP in a bit to schedule the service connection...might have power next week depending upon the...

Almost done. I have one 240V light receptacle to install (wires are in the box, just ran out of steam around midnight last night and couldn't stand another trip up the ladder), the traveler and receptacle for the last flourescent light, the overhead door light and wiring, and the switches. I...

Yes, 14-2 would be sufficient. I didn't do enough research in advance and bought all 14-3 (I bought 1000' and have used almost all of it...finished off the 3rd roll last night) since I also had some 3-way circuits to run, so I spent about $40 extra all told. Handle-tied double-pole breaker has...

Bought them off Ebay for cheaper. I buy a lot of my stuff from one seller on there (frwoodworking) that has a lot of surplus electrical items if I can wait a few days to get it. Also, I work for an e-recycler so we get stuff here that I can use sometimes and the owner also owns a surplus store...

Thanks guys. That's what I figured, but I wanted to be certain since I've never worked with 240V before. Yes, I have a double pole breaker installed and bought double pole light switches. Heading back down to the shop to finish wiring up the last couple of lighting receptacles (installing the...

Not finding quite the detail that I need for wiring up some 400w metal halide canopy lights that I have in my new shop. They have multi-tap ballasts and I want to run them at 240V. Obviously ground goes to ground. My question is on the remaining wires. I know that I cap off the unused...

All of the receptacles are in and buttoned up, the outside light for the man door is up and working (have it plugged into an extension cord running down from the house), and all but two of the boxes for the lights are installed. I have two short wire runs to those boxes plus one run from a 3-way...

The electrician came out on Friday (I suspect that he didn't get there until almost noon judging by the lack of progress when I came home for lunch) and took care of all of the outside stuff (mast, meter base, ground rods) while his assistant got started on the inside (ran the feeds for the two...

Mine is split at the entry point in the house since you only need two wires. The two wires with my phone line on them are connected to all but one of the phone jacks in the house. The two wires with the DSL initially ran to a jack in the family room, but I disconnected that and ran it to a jack...

Well, that was fun. Went out to cut the grass one last time and mulch the fallen leaves and darn near set myself on fire, but the lawn tractor took the brunt of it. I'd like to smack the engineer who thought that putting a hot muffler outside of the cowl and right by the foot rest was a good...