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Am I allowed to run two 12/2 Romex through a 3/8 NM clamp into a box?

I have a stick-built garage with 40' trusses 24" OC. I want to hang a couple of ceiling fans ~32 lbs each. The ceiling is covered in ribbed sheet metal with blown-in insulation on top of that. Can I attach directly to a truss (screw box thru sheet metal into truss), or should I tie 2 trusses...

I'm trying to set some 8' 6x6 posts for a gate. I had holes augered in about 3' down - the first one I tamped in with gravel/soil and it was rock solid with about 1/3 of the hole filled like it should be. I tamped everything in for about 2/3 of the hole and pretty much filled the rest and...

I have a bunch of 8-foot (4-light) T5 fixtures in my garage and after they are on for a bit, some of the lights go out - maybe 1 end of an 8-foot - sometimes the whole fixture. It's done this since new. I can flip the light switch off and right back on and they will all light back up...

I am trying to adjust the sag out of the side rail above the door windows on a 2002 Mustang. I have played with the balance link (both up and down) and the star cams. The balance link seems to be the correct adjustment, but they’re as low as they go and it’s not enough. I still have sag in the...

We’re looking at buildings - haven’t decided yet, but 60’ x 80’ or 50’ x 100’ and have gotten quotes from Maverick and Armstrong. We have contacted Morton several times but have yet to get a call back. Any info, pros/cons on any of these guys? I’ve heard good of Morton, but their lack of...

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I posted this last week but it got moved to Electrical and I got the wiring questions answered there, but this is the non-electrical part of the same post. I just picked up a new IR 5 hp, 2-stage 80-gallon compressor at Tractor Supply on Friday. We brought it home and carried it to the second...

I have a Reznor UDAP75 I just hung in my detached garage. I was going to run the vent horizontally out the adjacent wall since it would be a 4 ft total run, except I started reading through all of the venting requirements and the planned vent location exit is near the outdoor gas meter location...

I just picked up a new IR 5 hp, 2-stage 80 gallon compressor at Tractor Supply on Friday. We brought it home and carried it to the second floor of my shop. That was actually easier than I thought it would be. Anyway... I haven’t installed it yet, but I find IR’s documents a bit thin in detail...

I have a 20A circuit that has only one outlet on it for my dock power. It is located on a pole above the usual high-water level of the lake. This outlet has a 20A GFCI outlet that has been working well for about 6 years - the GFCI outlet has been replaced a couple times over the years after...

I have a 5 conductor flexible RGBW LED strip that has three 12' connectible sections for a total of a 36' tape. I want to modify it with some space between sections so I have four 5' sections with a foot or so of wire between sections so I can individually light four horizontal bar shelves...

I have a pancake Porter Cable compressor that I use for airing tires (mainly) at our lake cabin. I fired it up yesterday to air up a guest's tire and I had a LOT of leakage around the regulator knob. I unscrewed the adjuster knob until it came out and other than a spring, there is this black...

When one of my outside unit A/C compressors starts up, it usually has a pretty decently loud bang when it kicks on - definitely NOT a soft start. Normal or do I need to get someone to come take a look at it? Home HVAC stuff is not in my knowledge base.

I have a power pole for my dock that recently became submerged when the lake level came up about 13' over a couple days. It is the highest I have ever seen the lake - ANYWAY, it totally cooked the GFCI in the box on the pole, but did NOT trip the breaker. I was wondering, how that is possible...

Thick wall vent thimble When I look for wall thimbles, they all seem to accommodate up to a 7" wall - I am brick, sheathing, 2x6 stud (filled with blown-in insulation) and plywood - so about 9.5" or so, I think. How do you work that out? Do I extend the sheet metal between the thimble halves...

I FINALLY got someone to quote me on a heater for my garage. I'm looking at a 75K unit for my garage (about 28x36 - 14 ft ceiling - well insulated - 3 single insulated garage doors and two windows). I was quoted $2100. I have gas and electric where it is going. I'd do it myself, but I don't...

I am looking to get a compressor something like this - IR 80 Gallon 2-Stage Compressor. I'm not set on this particular one - but seems about the right price point for me - anyway... I'd like to put this on the second floor of my garage, which has about 3 steps to a door and then just through...

When running a vertical exhaust up and out of a 12/12 pitch roof, what determines the needed height of the exhaust pipe above the roof? Is it a specific height or a relationship with the peak?