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I had originally thought I would do white ceilings. But it's significantly more expensive since the painters need to do additional masking, and in the end I found out that white ceilings are not needed. In my shop I went with light colors on the walls (Sherwin Williams Agreeable Gray in the...

What's the benefit of using 8400X acrylic sealer before Ballistix? Does the sealer do anything that Ballistix doesn't do? The space I will be doing is about 1300 square feet, which puts me between the 1000 sq ft and 2000 sq ft kits. I'm assuming I can purchase the 100 sq ft kit, then a bit of...

CD - thanks for the tips. The boxes are mounted to the ceiling joists. I did double 4x4's because I wanted the boxes mounted above the ceiling for a clean look. If I had the Powpak hanging off a single box, I wouldn't be able to access it unless I cut in an access hatch. So essentially the...

I'm finally at the point of hanging lights, and have been able to enjoy my Vive Powpaks in my shop. I wanted to post some pictures of how I installed them to hopefully help someone else who might be thinking of using them. I'm a novice at this, so understand that my work is probably not up to...

Follow up questions: 1.) I notice that most of the pictures of bare concrete with Ballistix applied show that the concrete has turned very dark. If I wanted to keep it lighter, would applying ARM8400X first accomplish that? 2.) How does Ballistix handle pressure washing? That it is how my...

This is at the top of my list for the floors in my shop. I hope to do them within the next month. How does it hold up to welding spatter? And what are the limitations on temperatures for application? If it needs to be recoated years down the road, is there any prep involved, or can it be...

I had the electrical inspector come out before insulation and he checked out everything in the walls, panel, etc. He said the walls were good to be covered up, but had a list of things for me to fix in the panel and outside. 1.) 2 ground rods required. I had the floor set up with a ufer...

Much has happened since last I posted. The builders came and wrapped up the rest of their part, which was framing in the center wall and installing a double door. That gives me 36x36 garage space in the front, and 36x36 game room/hobby room/etc in the back. The double doors will make it easy...

What did you end up using for the 0-10V dimming wires? That's next on my list to install. Right now I'm mounting the modules in 4x4 boxes so that I can access them later. They are up in the ceiling in my case and that's the only way I can think of to have access later on. I guess maybe if I...

So how did you end up mounting the Powpaks? I'm currently working on installing mine.

Thanks for the advice and comments. I also lean towards option 2, but I began second guessing myself. I think the fixtures I have are what's throwing me off. They were cheap, so I don't feel bad about using different ones. I just don't know if the "barn light" type fixtures would look good...

There are some updates I need to put on here, but right now I need some advice/opinions. I'm getting close to wrapping up the electrical in the walls, and the last piece of the puzzle is figuring out the lighting on the front. Dealing with ribs where the lights are going to go is a problem I...

We pulled 2 x 2/0 aluminum, 1 x #1 aluminum, and a copper (can't remember the gauge) through ~180 ft of 2" conduit, with 3 x 90 degree angles. I hated every minute of it. 2-3 big bottles of lube, lots of grunting, and lots of breaks. If I were to do it all over again I would have used 3"...

I'm curious to know that as well. My subpanel for the shop is Eaton, and if I should replace them with a different type I would like to know.

Yup. Hence my thoughts of just removing the plugs and disconnecting everything. Not sure if that will satisfy the inspector or not, but I don't really have much of a choice.

Good information on the compressor circuit. I will leave that one without a GFCI breaker. I'm having trouble finding any GFCI breakers, as they seem to be out of stock everywhere. I may just remove the wires from the current breakers, tuck them away and cap them off, label the breakers as...

Thanks for the advice everyone. Still not sure if I will put the compressor inside or outside, but I don't need to decide that now. But speaking of 50 amp breakers.....I had an inspection on my work so far in the walls to see if I was good to insulate/sheetrock. There were a few things to...

I'm not worried about the cost of the wire. My only two concerns for putting the compressor behind the shop are 1.) will I have enough room in the under-floor 3/4" conduit for 3x #8 wires (2 circuits #12 THHN are in there as well), and 2.) building a shed behind the shop is way more work than...

I may just end up putting the compressor in the garage portion of the shop, but will need to build out a semi-sound proof room for it. I really don't want to be listening to it while working. And unfortunately building out that room will take up more space in the garage. And by the way I...

Thanks for the additional clarification. I'm learning a ton. The compressor does not have a magnetic starter. My original plan was to put it in a small shed behind the shop so I don't hear it while it is running, so it will for sure need a local disconnect. The run is about 75' from the...