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OK guys, I've searched the forum and found lots of info on the subject, but I still want to confirm my wiring plans for a new compressor. It's a 3 HP, 60 gallon model with a 15 amp rating on the motor. There is a overload reset button on the motor itself. The manual says it must be connected...

Just had my home furnace serviced today (preventive maintenance service contract) and the technician was stumped regarding a component he couldn't identify! He thought it might be some sort of flame sensor since he didn't find one elsewhere, but it didn't look like any flame sensors he was used...

I've got a black pipe NG line running up the outside of my garage wall from the meter to where it enters close to my ceiling mounted heater. I want to spray paint the pipe so it's not as noticeable from the side yard. Does it need to be primed first or can I just spray the final color coat...

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My 120/277v light fixtures specify using 90C conductors. Does standard 14-2 w/Grnd on a 15A circuit meet this requirement? I can't find a temp rating anywhere on the NM-B I have. Thanks, Paul

Went to HD#1 yesterday to buy 17 two-bulb 4' T8 standard wrap fixtures for my garage. They showed 8 in stock, but couldn't get to them because they were locked in an outside storage container while they remodeled the lighting aisle. They said I could get 12 of the fixtures from HD#2 across...

I'm a homeowner adding some lighting and power circuits in my garage. I purchased a package of copper crimp sleeves at HD that said to use a certain model of crimping tool. Unfortunately, I couldn't find that particular tool anywhere in town. I didn't even find it listed on the manufacturer's...

The layout plan for my garage lighting is attached. Two 15A circuits (1 for the double bay and the other for the single bay). I plan on using surface mount, four foot, twin bulb, T8 fixtures with diffuser lenses from Home Depot with 5000K bulbs. Still haven't decided how I'll light the back...

Here's my new 125A sub-panel fed through a 100A DP c/b in the lower right of the old 200A main panel right next door: The sub-panel is just for the garage and powers two 15A lighting circuits, a 15A circuit for the BigMaxx heater, three 20A outlet circuits and two 220V outlets (30A and...

I want to make some romex wire connections in a plastic box mounted in the attic ceiling. It'll be one 14-2 with ground incoming power connecting to three individual 14-2 w/grnd switch runs connecting to three 14-2 w/grnd lighting runs. Total will be seven 14-2 romex cable ends (14 individual...

I'm planning to install a 50A 220V welder outlet in my garage using a metal 2 gang box. Power will come from a new subpanel via 6-2 w/grnd romex. Now for the questions: 1) Is a ground wire and screw required to ground the metal box or is the integral ground strap from the outlet's ground lug...

Looking to buy 17 or so two-bulb 4' T8 wrap fixtures for the garage. Looking at Lowes and HD I've found three candidates: Lowes $21 unit with a ballast rated at .65A Lowes $30 unit with a .80A ballast HD $32 unit with a .50A ballast Why the difference in ballast ratings if they all power...

Please remember the saying "The only stupid question is the one that's not asked." I'm installing a new sub-panel in my attached garage. It's a Siemens 125A main lug with 16 spaces for a maximum of 24 circuits. Provisions for tandem breakers are in the bottom 4 positions on each side. I only...

I know clamps are required where romex enters a panel or box, but what if you use individual THHN wires in EMT? The EMT gets connected to the panel enclosure or the box, but I don't know if there is a type of clamp you use in such a situation or if it's OK to just leave the wires "loose" since...

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I read elsewhere that a lighting circuit should be limited to not exceed 80% of the "calculated wattage capacity" of the circuit. Their example showed 120v x 15a = 1800 wattage capacity. So using an 80% limit, they said the circuit should be limited to 1440w max. I take it that this is for...

I'm planning on surface mounting numerous twin bulb 4' T8 fixtures in my attached garage. They'll be mounted directly to the ceiling sheetrock and I hope to be able to simply pull the "romex" into each fixture through holes drilled in the sheetrock. 1) Is that acceptable to do without using...

Planning my new subpanel for my attached garage "remodel." It will be used to restore a car. I'm not a welder but may need to eventually buy a welder and use some for my project. In anticipation of that, I want to add a circuit for a welder but am unsure of how big to go. What would you all...

I finally mounted my Mr Heater to the garage ceiling today In the foreground is the reason I'm fixing up the garage in the first place - a '71 vette that I'm planning to do a body-off restoration on! Anyway, now to the point of this thread: HAS ANYONE (other than me) MOUNTED THEIR HEATER...

The B-vent I'm using for my NG heater garage install requires 1 inch clearance from combustibles. While I knoiw this applies to the hole in the roof (wood sheeting covered with asphalt shingles), does it also apply to the hole in the garage ceiling sheetrock? In other words, is sheetroock...