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My wife and I recently moved into a new (to us) house and I got a great shop space with a detached 2 car garage. As it's getting colder, I'm motivated to figure out the heater that's in there. I can't seem to get it to work, with just turning on the breaker (the line is hot, I tested it)...

Well, that may be a problem. Most of the run is in the attic or wall, however there is about a 3' gap between the detached garage and the house. There's a brick walkway that transitions to wooden stairs up to a deck. I'm not exactly sure if the SER runs above ground, behind the stairs, or if...

Time for a few updates. Here is the old and new attic ladders - I replaced the rickety old wooden ones that were in both the attached garage and in the shop. Best price I could find is at Menards, on a Keller aluminum ladder, which actually looks like it's made by Werner when you look at the...

Do I really need to de-rate 6 strands of 2/0 in a 3" length of 2" diameter SCH 80 - it's just going to protect the conductors between the meter can and the first main, which will be mounted back to back on an exterior wall. From the looks of davetulk's photos, he has 6 conductors running in...

Does anyone have any feedback on the Central Pneumatic retractable air hose reel from HFT? I just got a new ad with a coupon for the 3/8" x 50' reel w/ hose for $69 (reg $129). http://www.harborfreight.com/50-ft-retractable-air-water-hose-reel-with-3-8-eighth-inch-hose-93897.html

I went and dropped a grand at the big box stores this w/e, gearing up for the service upgrade. Also talked to the AHJ again, and have their unofficial approval based upon my rough sketch and notes on the proposed work. I'll pull the permit next and schedule some time off at work, hopefully in...

So, the engineer from the POCO was out to the house today with some good news. It looks like our existing lateral should be sufficient size for 320 service. I am going to move forward with contacting the city regarding my proposed work and see what they say. If all goes well, will move...

From looking at the photos above, does anyone have a good idea on the size of the wires in the feeder cable?

So I gather that as long as the neutral and ground bars are not bonded at the new main panel in the attached garage/house, it is OK and in fact I should have both a ground from the feeder (which will have it's own ground rod at the service entrance/disconnect) as well as a dedicated grounding...

Well, you know when all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail! I suppose if I had unpacked and organized all my tools before I went to look behind the wall there, I might have used the utility knife. The grounding rod for the house is going to be a pain because there is a brick...

So the feeder run to the sub in the attached garage/house is probably 45' or so. I agree that in theory it is handling the entire load of the dwelling - the attached garage/house combo is a completely separate building from the detached garage. My only concern in interpreting the code is that...

I have had a few electricians out about rewiring my house, built in 1969 with aluminum wiring. The house had a lateral service entering a detached garage where there is currently a 200 amp main panel. There is a 150 amp breaker from the main feeding a sub panel in the attached garage - this...

The vice looks great. I had seen one recently on another forum that was stripped bare which I thought was sharp, but now I'm thinking I might paint mine too. My father is from your neck of the woods and I have family that live in Sherwood Park.

It's about 19' x 23'. I can stand up and just about touch the roof from under the ridge. There is some bracing up there though, so the floor has a couple of obstructions. I'll just need to be creative in where I put my shelves. Another issue is the humidity here. There isn't a vent in the...

Really like the vice, it looks great. I recently inherited a similar one from my wife's grandfather. Would like to clean it up some day. Great score on the cabinets from Restore too. We used to frequent that place when we lived in Ohio. I know there is at least one here in Indy - I'll have...

Well, we've finally moved into our house just outside Indianapolis. It has an attached 2-car garage (for the cars), and a detached 2-car garage. I just picked up a solid used 1996 Toyota Tacoma 5-speed to use for hauling lumber, parts, junk, yard sale finds, etc. Of course, also for teaching...

Not that it's a great tool or well made, but if you just want something for non-critical jobs and light use, Harbor Freight has a 1/4" in lb torque wrench for about $20.

Hey there, from Columbus (but soon to be Indianapolis). Are you having problems with the concrete because of road salt? I noticed a bunch of potch marks and spalling from the top of our concrete garage floor. My plan, if we were staying longer, was to repair/patch the concrete to a...

p-dawger, where'd you get those parts organizers just to the right of your drill press, on the garage wall (red drawers with black cabinet/frame)? They look sort of like the ones in the big box stores and auto parts stores, where the bins slide out like drawers and open up.

We have a den that goes into the garage, and the room just before it is an eat in kitchen, separated only by a knee wall. One of the switches in the den, next to the door to the garage, is a 3-way that controls the ceiling fixture over the table. Maybe they did something like that. It would...