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Hello to all. I have some ideas, but looking for opinions. Northern michigan had a very bad ice storm recently. My 5 year old metal pole barn roof suffered holes in the roof from tree branches. Looking to temporary patching ideas until contractors can replace the panels to keep the rain out best...

Hey everyone. I have a huge pedistal fan in my garage with just a 110v light switch to operate. That means you turn it on and it is on high. Is there a switch I can buy so this fan will have off, low,med and high speed?t has a metal junction box with a light switch now. Thanks for any help.

First off, happy holiday's to all. I have a new 230v air compressor that I need to wire up. Here is what I got. 2- 120v hots and 1 grd out of main panel in the house with single 40amp breakers. New 120/240 sub-panel in garage. I have a new 120/240v double pole breaker in garage for the...

I see some have some kind of a 30a box with a double breaker shut off between the main panel and the air compressor. Is this a something that is necessary to do and what would I buy in the box stores. Thanks for the help.

Not an electrician here, excuse if it has been discussed also. Quincy says a #10 wire with a 40 amp breaker. al I have read for the last week is 10/2 or 8/2 wire and 30 amp breaker. Can someone please let me know what number wire and breaker to use? thhn, nm-b or? Thanks you for your input. It's...

Broke down and bought a Quincy qt-54 air compressor. Which reguator/filter you all reccommend? I don't have too many air tools for a lubricator as of now. Thanks for any input..

Picked up this oil stove for garage and looks like there is some sort of thermostat housing on the back. Can't find any info on how it would work, Does it need a thermostat on the wall, does it work off the heat generated from the stove? Works great other than I have the fan directly plugged in...

Built a pole barn in no. michigan. I want to get rid of the temporary pole for power I have and move power to the barn. I figure a 100 am service should be good as I don't have much to power. The power will come in from the roof edge down the eve into the building. What electrical will I need to...

Here in michigan and curious if any body has used those magnetic screens on their pole barn doors to keep the bugs out. Would like to hear what you did. Good and bad. Thanks, scotty.

Had a pole barn built this week. Waiting a few weeks before the cement floor gets poored for weather to warm. Question is= I have good sandy soil. Asked all neighbors that have barns and garages if their floor sweats at all. Everyone says no sweating because of the sandy soil. Should I go ahead...

Having a 24x40x10 pole barn built in spring. Because of land size and other dwellings, this is what I can build. Having 1- 12x9 overhead door in front, 1 entrance door in rear. I would like to add a roll up door later by myself in the back side of barn later. What should I do and not do? Looking...

Have a gas pressure washer about 10 yrs old. Hardly used but, to start it you have to squeeze the trigger to release pressure, it sprays good and when you let off the trigger it stalls the engine. Can't pull the start cord unless you squeeze the trigger again. Any ideas? Is it easy to fix or? It...

What can I use to shine up the diamond plate on my trailer? Looks like needs to be polished up. Thanks again, Paul

Have an enclosed cargo trailer. Ready to wire 2 flourescent lights inside. Being I don't have a fuse box, I have power coming into trailer with a waterproof 15a input, can I use a gfci receptacle to act as a fuse for the inside power supply? I'll run the power from the gfci to light switch to...

Newbee here, first post. Looking for info to wire inside my enclosed trailer. I already have the waterproof power inlet in and ready to install a 110v outlet for plugging in a fan and a couple flourescent lights inside. What kind,or type of wire should I buy? I need lights that would start in...