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I was given a supposedly good 220v single phase 5 hp compressor motor but it has the start capacitor missing. What value capacitor and voltage rating should I try for it? This is the label on the motor if it helps: [/url][/IMG] Thanks, Bob

With regard to residential wiring (in a garage), It's apparently "legal" to run Romex NMC through PVC conduit for "physical protection" in places where it might be damaged (below 8ft height in garages or shops, for instance). But where one needs to run wiring externally around corners and it...

This is probably best answered by those very familiar with electrical code, since it WILL be inspected by a city electrical inspector. A friend in installing a new branch circuit from her main service panel located in her home to her attached garage where she will be placing 2 different types...

I installed a 2-Post 9000 pound lift in my "new" shop, the floor of which was poured in October. I had trouble with getting the expanding anchors to "grab" and torque up despite drilling proper holds of the right size. We tried buying a different brand of anchors, and they were no better. I...

I just completed the wiring between my detached shop and my home's main breaker panel 50ft away. The shop is powered through a 2-2-4-6 MHF cable. The home's main breaker panel neutral is bonded to ground. She shop neutral is NOT bonded to ground, but is isolated except: 1) via the supply...

I have a 100k BTU 80% Trane NatGas furnace in my new shop I've been building. I have been using it for 4 months powered by a long extension cord to my garage (50ft from the shop) while building the shop. Finally, the shop wiring is done, so I disconnected the furnace from the cord with a 3...

I have completed wiring my shop, but need to connect the ground bus bar to my 2 8ft ground rods. I am running the #6 solid, uninsulated wire from the ground bus (isolated neutral) to the ground rods, by running the wire out of the box through a 1/2" cable clamp, but from here I need to exit the...

Does one need to use BX armored cable between the wall box and hard-wired to the appliance, or is the heavy rubber covered appliance cord (I believe it's SJOOW Power Cord) sufficient to meet the latest codes? I AM using BX in the air to my car lift (that could possibly be exposed to physical...

I am running #6 wire for a welder using 6-2 w/gnd NMC. Obviously I will connect the ground wire to the grounding terminal of the 50a receptacle, but what gauge minimum do I have to run to the metal box itself? It would seem that the box wire doesn't carry current, but is there for "short...

I am working in Washington State (Thurson County, using WA L&I State Inspection) I am wiring my shop to my home panel, and for 100 amp service have settled on 2224 alum cable. I asked my elec inspector, and he told me that to run the cable, it had to be in conduit from my home panel to my shop...

I live in WA using the 2014 NEC Code, and it says "all" circuits in a detached garage/shop require GFI protection, and my local inspector said any circuit with a light or receptacle requires a GFI (I forgot to address a furnace circuit that has NO outlets/receptacles associated with it), and any...

I live in WA using the 2014 NEC Code, and it says ALL circuits in a detached garage/shop require GFI protection, and my local inspector says any circuit with a light or receptacle requires a GFI, and any outdoor fixture must be wired on its OWN GFI circuit (cannot be wired to an indoor ciruit...

Not sure where is the right place to ask, so I posted it in 2 places. It's not an "electrical" question, so I thought maybe here was appropriate? I am about to start wiring my new 32X60ft shop, and there are places that the wiring "needs" to pass through the structural poles that are 6"X8" or...

Not sure where is the right place to ask, so I posted it in 2 places. I am about to start wiring my new 32X60ft shop, and there are places that the wiring "needs" to pass through the structural poles that are 6"X8" or 8"X8" depending where they are located. Is there a place one can find...

I will be starting the wiring on my 32X60 shop soon. I used to wire houses when in college working for my uncle, a licensed electrical contractor, but that was 45 years ago and code has changed a lot, especially recently. I can ask my assigned state electrical inspector (who will inspect my...

I am just finishing my shop (32X60 4 Bays w/ 10X10 overhead doors plus Office/Storage Bay). Eves are at 12ft. I will be putting a 2-Post lift into one of the bays (eventually a 4 post in the ajacent bay, but that's next year). Most vehicles will be 5000 pounds or under but I'd like to be able...

I just yesterday installed a new (old stock-the furnace is 4 years old but was never hooked up) Trane XR-80 100k BTU 80% efficient nat gas furnace in my shop. I am using a Honeywell electronic thermostat utilizing only the R and W terminals on the thermostat and furnace (this should cause the...

I have an Ingersol Rand Model 1R5E6VA 5hp, 2cyl compressor w/ an IR motor I acquired cheaply because it was missing the motor pulley, motor capacitor and cover, belt and part of the rear shield, and the pressure switch was physically broken. I contacted IR and they had no literature on the unit...

I just recently passed final inspection on my 32X60 pole barn with 12ft eve height over 4 10X10 insulated garage doors. It's located in Western Washington, where the average daily winter low is 30 deg and the high 38deg, and the summer lows are 58 with the highs 78 or so. The climate is fairly...

I'm installing a Trane 100k BTU horizontal flow, fan assisted exhaust 80% efficient NG furnace (at the 8ft level) in my new pole building shop, and have been advised by the builder that they prefer a horizontal flue through the metal siding, then an elbow turning up vertically outside the gutter...