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I pulled the trigger on a 5 ton 16 SEER system. They are going to mount it on the ceiling and run a trunk line down the center of the shop with six vents. Three facing each way. It has a 10 year parts and 10 year labor warranty and I am getting it installed Monday for $9,500. I am doing the...

Four wire service wouldn’t be a problem. Getting another meter would be. Monthly minimums and all. I guess what I am saying is I am not sure how you are supposed to physically connect the multiple wires. I looked up a terminal box and found this. I could put this on the meter but it still...

The meter is on a pole closer to the “storage” shop but not attached to it. As to the loads I have four employees working with me. Not at all uncommon for one to be welding, one grinding, one using plasma cutter, and one using chop saw. Also the enclosed trailer with the three rooftop AC’s pulls...

I have two shops about 15’ apart and they are both on the same meter which is just for the shops. One is for storage and just has two light fixtures, two outlets, and my air compressor. It also has a water well connected to it. The shop has 4ga wire feeding it and the length is less than ten...

Don’t go with a small breaker panel. I did a 125 amp with three 220 circuits and six 110 circuits when I built my shop ten years ago. At the time of construction I had empty slots. Over time they filled up and now I need a bigger panel and more amps. I am replacing it this weekend and it is a...

Thanks guys. I am in Lubbock. I thing you are right in a more conventional system. The mini splits seem nice and perfect for smaller areas but adding multiple units just kind seems like cobbling it together. If I went with a 5 ton unit what would be recommended for the duct layout? The shop is...

Thanks guys. Having the option to cool would be nice. I called a local heat/AC place and they give me two quotes.Both Mitsubishi mini splits two 2.5 ton / 30k BTU units. $10,400 installed for 15 SEER units or $12,800 for 20 SEER units. I have never messed with heat/air but am an avid do it...

I have a 50x50x14 steel building that has closed cell spray foam insulation. We have had the building ten years with no heat or AC but I want to add for sure heat and maybe AC. I am in the Texas Panhandle. It gets cold, but not super cold. The shop has a restroom with a toilet and sink and...

What I normally do is back the adjustment screw on the regulator off a little bit and slowly open the cylinder valve. I then slowly tighten the adjustment screw on the regulator until I get to 750 PSI. I wait a little bit until it stabilizes to make sure it reads 750 psi after the nitrogen...

Thanks for the replies. The regulator I am using currently is a Victor SR4G. The nitrogen is regulated to 750 psi and is used for a nitrogen spring. Looks like a hydraulic cylinder but is filled with compressed nitrogen. No nitrogen is consumed unless it leaks out or I have to bleed it off to...

I need to regulate compressed nitrogen down to about 750psi. Do they make a fixed regulator that will do this? I have been using $500 victor adjustable regulators similar to what is on a cutting torch but larger and am having problems with them breaking or getting out of adjustment due to the...

I ordered some dusk to dawn lights that have a mounting bracket like pictured below. I want to mount two of them on the corners of my shop where pictured. Another picture shows the inside of the corner with the I-beam and spray foam. I can't figure out how to best mount these. I can't go...

Thanks guys. May do GNX's suggestion. What is a "TPN Submersible connector" I am not familiar with it and google brings up nothing.

I ordered a few of these lights to mount on the outside of my R panel steel building. Bolting them up is no problem nor is the electrical connections but I assume the wires will run through the 1.5” tube and exit out the bottom? I am not sure what is the proper way to go from the bottom of this...

Why not mount a box for the splice with a nice cover that is accessible through the drywall?

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Thanks for the advice particularly Platonic Solid. After reading your advice and browsing other threads I decided to try the high bays. The local electric shop had 100 watt Eaton’s (vhbledld112wunvl850cd1u) that put out 13,009 lumens. I was originally going to just put a couple over the key work...

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I have had my 50x50x14 shop 8 years and have always kept a big 30’ long 10’ tall enclosed trailer in one bay. If I am home it is there and never moves. I am redoing my 20 lights which are basically evenly spaced across the entire ceiling in four rows of five lights. I am replacing the...

The actually are split and switched. There are two separate 15 amp circuits for lights in the shop. I need to know how many 100 watt led fixtures I can put on each one. The wires are already ran in an existing building that had much smaller wattage lights originally. Without running more wire I...