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I am shopping marketplace etc for a stepladder to have when I need to change bulbs in the high section of my shop. I installed all the ceiling and lights using scaffolding and that is too much of a pain to get out to change a light bulb. The ceiling height is 14ft 6 inches . I am 6 ft tall can I...

Can the heating elements of a whole house electric furnace be direct wired to the appropriate sized breaker and turned on and off via the breaker along with the blower bypassing all of the controls or do the elements have to cycle on and off to keep from burning up? The furnace would be used in...

I recently bought a pair of Saylor Beall 80 gallon vertical tank compressors, the seller said the motors were 5 hp 3 phase. Turns out they are 5 hp single phase I bought the compressors not running and now need to verify the motors work. Can I direct wire to my shop panel just to verify they...

I have a 32 x 48 shop, strongly considering a propane radiant tube heater. I have a 15 ft ceiling in the high section so no clearance issues. My concern is half of the shop has a second floor. Will a radiant tube mounted in the high section that is correctly sized for the building heat the first...

I have started running the conduit in my shop and got to thinking about grounding the circuits. Code says the conduit is sufficient for grounding however would pulling a single ground be a better practice for 3 circuits since code is the minimum? I also already have the 12 stranded in green. The...

Picked this up off FBMP tonight, it’s all there except what I am guessing would be a hold down for the tool sharpening attachment on the right side. Is the color original? I would think that it was gray when new. Also am curious the rpm is listed at 1725 and 1425 is the 1725 at 60 cycles and the...

Need some advice on a mobile base for contractor style table saw for my dad. He downsized a few years ago and gave me his model 66 powermatic. He didn't think he would need a table saw again. He is buying a contractor style saw stop saw and wants a mobile base to move it around in the garage. I...

I am considering putting a gas line in the open utility trench I have for the possibility of running propane to my house and definitely to my shop. House currently has electric baseboard and a wood stove. The shop has nothing but will be propane in a few years. Planning to add a furnace and...

I have added a second GE ground bar with an additional neutral/ ground lug in my Ge main panel, planning to hook up the feed to my shop this weekend. The feed has a number 2 AL ground is there any reason not to land the number 2 ground on the new ground bar? The new ground bar is bonded back to...

I will be pulling 3- 1/0 aluminum xhhw and 1 no.2 aluminum xhhw 220 feet. Conduit is installed I have 2- 90 degree long sweep 36 inch elbows and a site bent 60 degree elbow to pull thru from the lb to the new sub panel. The rest of the run is pretty straight I do have a curve but was able to...

I will be tapping into the sewer line between the house and the septic tank for the sewer line from my new shop. I would prefer to use pvc couplings but am concerned about the slip couplers leaking or not getting them in place quick enough. Are Fernco or mission style couplers fine? There is no...

I am running internet to my shop it’s 230 from the house. Wireless isn’t an option I live in the woods. I have dsl for internet, century link just finally 2 years ago upgrade for dsl. Is it worth using anything better than the copper direct burial phone line I already own? My download speed is...

So this cabinet followed me home today, the only tag on it is Van Dorn with a number. Google tells me Van Dorn was a filing cabinet maker in the 40’s thru the 60’s no reference to Van Dorn making anything like this, but the Van Dorn script is the same on this tag as the tags I saw online for the...

So the neighbor is getting some fence rows cleared and I need utility trenches run to my new shop. I asked the contractor clearing the fence rows what he would want to run 2 trenches totaling 480 feet and remove 12 stumps some 4” or so some 20” plus. I was planning to rent a mini-excavator for...

What is a decent price to pay for a a lista workbench with a 6 drawer cabinet? The cabinets drawers all work the whole unit could use a repaint no lock that doesn’t matter. The bench top is steel with the three sides turned up.

I will be using 1/0 xhhw2 aluminum in conduit for the feed to my shop. Working with the feed in the shop panel will be easy I plan to install the sub panel with the 100 amp main breaker on the bottom instead of the top so it’s a straight feed up in to it. My concern is in the house. The house...

So I am going to start hanging the un-faced fiberglass insulation in my pole barn and was wondering if it touching the concrete floor is an issue?

Fiberglass HVAC insulation or wall insulation question? Is there any difference in fiberglass unfaced hvac duct insulation and typical unfaced residential fiberglass wall insulation? My googling shows hvac using the same astm standards for r value, flame spread and smoke as residential wall...

I will be running my electric and water next month to my building. The run is 220 feet total thru a 100 foot section of woods. The trees in the woods are 18” to 36” in diameter so pretty big roots I guess. I am reasonably competent on a excavator never used a trencher. What will be the easiest...

Looking for critiques of my shop feeder plan. The shop is 220 feet from the house panel. House panel GE is 200 amp, maximum breaker size for the main panel is 125 amp. I plan to use a 100 amp breaker with 1/0 xhhw-2 for both hot feeds then number 2 for neutral and ground, all in aluminum. 2...