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Got my 7.5 hp motor installed and the magnetic starter. Works beautifully. All I need now is a pressure cutoff switch . Can anybody recommend a simple pressure switch that doesn't have the on off or unloader feature and works with a magnetic starter? ...Steve

Thanx guys. After reading here and looking at some schematics I was able to figure out how a mag starter works. Going to go ahead and order a baldor or leeson 7.5 motor and a 7.5 hp mag starter...steve

I am in the process of converting my 7.5 hp two stage compressor to single phase. From what I've read anything over about 5 hp should be protected by a magnetic starter. My question is can a magnetic starter be used in conjunction with any electric motor or are there motors specific to magnetic...

took a start capacitor out of an old electric motor and it works like a champ. the microfarads are a bit different than the original but if it works what the heck.

Damn, I guess I could have figured that. Thanx...steve

Not to sound like an idiot, what are the caps?

I have a husky brand 60 gallon compressor. I came out one afternoon and the motor would not turn electrically but turnred freely by hand. one pole of the pressure switch was also failed. I tried a different start capacitor ( I belive it was the start capacitor, it was the smaller of the two)and...

You may notice 1 side and corner dont have lighting. This is because I'm going to put a mezzanine there and it will block light. I'll be lighting those separately

I hung them at 16 ft. They are roughly 10 ft apart on parallel and maybe 15 ft longitudinal. The first two pics are during the daytime right after installation. The lat pic is at night. I tracked down some great hangers for the light and wires. They clip on the purlins and beams and make...

just got done installing my green tek lights you recomended. So nice. I appreciate your recomendation. Im sure Ill have a few adjustments to make and may even add one or two........Steve

I guess what im going to do is run the 6 wire as per the miller recomendations and go ahead and put the 100 amp breaker in there. 90 % of the time im using the tig anyway

I'm sorry if I confused things. The subpanel is 125 Amps supplied by 1/0 wire. The welder circuit is indeed a dedicated circuit.

I just reread the miller manual and from what i can see it looks like #6 wire will support the 100 amp breaker if necesary. i guess that is what ill go with. Thanks guys

i have the miller synchrowave 250. Unfortunately i dont have the specs with me. Im on the road for a few days.....Steve

the tig welder calls out for 100 amp breaker. I assume this is for operation at max. output. what size wire would be adequate for a welder in this configuration? I have no problem going with a bit smaller wire. i was just going by the ampacity charts. I have about a 40 ft run from box to outlet...

Exactly. Thats why i want to protect that circuit with the 30 amp breaker but have heavy enough wire that if i ever do need the 100 amp in place its there. ....steve

i guess i was concerned about having protection for my mig welder, thus the 30 amp breaker.....steve

i want to stay with the 30 amp for my mig welder. The manual calls for 30 amp. I generally use my tig welder at pretty low amperage as well. Just given the chance that i may need to do some higher amperage stuff at some point I would like to have the heavier wire in place and if needed i could...

Hey guys, i am in the process of wiring my new shop for the welders. I want to put in 3 guage wire for the possibility of down the road installing a 100 amp breaker for high amperage welding. for now i am going to use a 30 amp breaker (in all likelihood ill never need anymore than this but I...

Actually after some reading it appears that mc wire is a better choice than romex