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I have a question on whether a second house can be powered from a standby generator located at a house next door? My parents own the property next door and they have a Sommers/Briggs and Stratton 20KW natural gas generator. The generator is fully automatic. Assuming the total load is within...

Hello, I am looking for some advice regarding wind gust issues concerning a unit heater horizontal vent. I installed a 50000btu Big Maxx natural gas heater last month. So far it has been working very well to heat my 25 X 30 detached garage with loft. Recently there have been several days with...

On my garage it has perforated soffits. I had the garage spray foamed so that the roof deck is sealed to the top plate on the wall. So there is no way that any air or moisture can travel from below the eaves into any attic space, since there is no attic space. So my question is when...

Hello, I need to run an underground cable to my detached garage. The distance is about 500 ft. Can someone educate me on the differences between MHF aluminum cable and quadruplex URD aluminum cable. For the same size of wire (2/0-2/0-2/0-1), the MHF is close to $3/ft, while the quadruplex is...

Hello, I am in the process of measuring out on the wall where all of the components will go for the in floor heat. I will be using one of the prefab Hydro Smart panels from Menard's, along with a tankless condensing hot water heater. I have looked at many different pictures on this forum, as...

Hello, I am just looking for what size of wire I need to run 500ft to a garage? I only need 50-75amp at 240V. The voltage drop calculator says I need 1 AWG, but that seems kind of heavy. What has everyone else used? thanks very much, Matt.