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ground and grounding, bonding, & lightning ground, can get confusing to the layman. You need 3 wires hot, neutral, & ground, ground and neutral are separate all the way back to the main panel where they connect and go the ground rod and service ground. With 3 wires you still need a ground rod at...

Your best solution is a qualified licensed electrician.Some problems are not easy to solve by the home owner diy person.To technical. Good luck.

Cost for material, labor, & code - are different in ever part of our country - to estimate cost will be different depends on where you are.I have bid work and done it in 48 states, plus oversea countries. Ever place is different.

Draw us a diagram - how many wires and what color, on control wires & how many wires & colors on power - from the wench and what you want to use use to make them longer ? Also show the controller. May be able to help. Need model and serial number, to get factory diagram.

As a unlimited master electrician and Elec. Eng. - I find it hard to teach basic electricity online. Good advice ask a friend who is an electrician to help - so what if it costs you a 6 pak. that is cheep help.

From reading your input and that of others - it may be time to snag a friend that is an electrician and for a 6 pac. have him come over and direct you. As an master electrician for many years I never mind helping a friend out of A dangerous situation.:lol_hitti

Having served my union electrical apprenticeship in California - i remember the California 3 way well - not legal but works.

Don't gamble !!! Drive a ground rod 8' deep. Ground the mast to to it.

I will have to think about this some more to give an educated answer.At first I though stay away from this type installation. But it can work, but be pretty involved for an electrician shooting trouble, take him a few minutes to get it in his head.I keep trying to put an auto transfer switch on...

I to usually up size the conduit for my own use. Plus a separate 3/4 are so conduit for telephone etc. Frost sleeve just allows the conduit and ground to move differently, PVC would be my choice for conduit, put it below frost line what ever that is ? where you live. With conduit below frost...

I am 6'2" so I center on my straight eye line. Seems to work ever where. On the re bar ground - I still install a ground rod, just my my way of doing things.I have seen many changes since I started in 1957.My last 9 years i worked overseas so I get confused some time's about where i am at.You go...

use 2 motors of same size and wiring, the driver motor hook to 220 v wires to it and the driven motor, hook the 3rd wire between the 2 motors. Tyhe drive motor makes the 3rd phase for the driven motor. good luck.

Next time, when pulling romex in walls and ceiling, put a battery bell, between hot and neutral / ground in the panel, if staple are nail enters the romex the bell goes off, saves a lot of trouble after walls are covered. Don't help you much now, but in the future, I too would ask the siding...

To start i would just get a few 8' 2 bulb flourescents hung from chain to height needed. As money is available you can improve, but use your shop now.

You will need a small sub panel in the out building. QUESTION ? What size service do you have ? What size main breaker is in your main panel ? In looking at your picture i can not tell ? It may be possible to install a 2 place 4 circuit 60 amp sub panel, and feed it from the 2 pole open space i...

I suggest you use a combination meter base and main disconnect.The main disconnects the entire service from your house and main panel. yes, you will probably need a licensed electrician to do this for you, unless you are qualified to do it.:) good luck.

A lot of wiring is not kosher ! IF ? You want to run a 120 v outlet from the 220 v outlet. Just rig up a 20 amp screw plug fuse on the hot leg. A old style 2 wire, light bulb socket will work with screw fuses.Don't tell anyone i told you.

I do not have this problem - I do use a 220 v welder and a flux core welder, with many other power tools in my shop.I do not use the gfci breakers in my shop, only in areas subject to water. I separate all my circuits once they leave the panel.I have 120 v duplex receptacles over my welding...

I have been in the electrical business for many years say 1957. In my time I have fixed the old service of 2 plug fuses, wired to telephone wire, zip cord, and ever thing except bailing wire, not yet anyway.2 wire circuits were the norm until not to many years ago. One of my brothers bought a...

I this situation I say - invest in a different service. The transformer as described is doing you no good ? You are probable charged for a commercial are industrial rate. If you don't need it / use it, why keep it? I have wired many building for a 3 phase service but only connected for single...