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    Generator Question - Central Maine Diesel

    When you use natrual gas you will go 1 kw less than its maximum rating. Are you looking for portability or home stand by with automatic transfer switch.
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    Best portable generator

    Looks like a generac in cammo
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    Generator & Ground rod question

    If its a stand alone generator not having any ground source to a panel or building steel that gos into the ground you should have a ground rod.
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    Disconnect Switches

    Nec Code state that any equipment out of sight of and 60 feet from the electrical panel the equipment is feed from needs to have a disconnect. Could be a plug in an outlet, the switch on the equipment or a non fused lever disconnect. Sounds to me that you just want the convenients of not going...
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    Meter Socket ?

    Do you have a underground service meter? If so the service usually comes in on the left side of the bottom of meter can, then depending on where your panel is you would either come out the the back of the meter can or bottom right with a lb into the building or if your going with service...
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    Need some advice on getting wire through a conduit

    1 of your problems us the sjo cord thats attached to the light needs lube to pull it in. When i installed those lights in the pool it needs to be filled especially a long run like you have the water acts like a lube and makes it easier too pull. 2nd is the ground wire is most likely wrapped...
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    Plastic electrical box?

    As long as you secure the wire within 12" of termination point your good.
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    "Green" Companies working w/LA DWP & changing T-12's to T-8's

    1 of the biggest problems with changing the lamps to t8 is you should change the ballast with the lamp change from t12 to actually get the benifit of saving on your light bill. The old t12 ballasts are magnetic and most likely have all the nasty pcb in them so its easyier to change lamps. The...
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    Sub panel feeding another sub panel?

    Yes you can when you install the new panel in the garage make sure you put a ground rod in. New code and separate structure requires you to put in a separate ground rod even if you use a 4 wire conductor.
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    Correct Wire Size for Heat Pump

    The 1 true way of knowing if the wire is undersized is to turn you're system on and amp probe the circuit with the electric heat secondary and compressor running at the same time. A lot of times the name plate may be a higher rating than the system really is. When amp probe you my find the...
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    230v motor on 208v?

    4th the buck boost
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    GFCI & refrigerator - puzzling situation

    Thats why i never put a refrig on a gfci outlets or breaker. The one biggest problem is you're gone for a long time from you're house and it trips your screwed. I wouldn't want to be the guy who installed it and gets that call.
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    Running Conduit - Choices

    Yea there outrageously priced thats why i use the conduits to slide inside each other to make the sleeve, big expense gone and all the electrical inspectors that ive meet so far had no problem with me doing this.
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    Running Conduit - Choices

    On expansion sleeves you can make you're own. Example 1/12" will fit inside 2" conduit. Then you dont have to spend the big $ on the expansion sleeves.
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    Anyone have a Generac XG series generator?

    I work for a electrical company in ct and we have gp6500e and gp7500e in stock at my shop in ct. The 65 is 1100 and the 75 is 1300. Let me know if your interested email me at [email protected] I will
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    1 vs 2

    Other than the cost of the lamps, you will more lumes of light output. Also if you have a mirrored reflector it will help out. If its for a garage you want to get a 4100 color lamp that is a cool white color and it will brighten the work area up much better and cast less of a shadow.
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    Can someone educate me on start capacitors?

    There should be a certain amount of resistance you should read on the slip rings of the rotor, I don't know what. Exactly but shouldn't read a very high or 0 ohms. You want to make sure the rotor is not shorted buy reading the resistance from the slip rings of the rotor to ground if you have a 0...
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    frank from ct

    Hello I'm from ct and new to site, from what I saw so far it this site is cool. I'm an electrician and as everyone knows I've been really busy with generator repairs and maintenance last week and it doesn't look like its going to let up anytime soon. Besides all kinds of generators I also do any...
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