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Had my final inspection yesterday and passed, but the inspector made a note that he wants an 'irreversible crimp' installed on the ground wires to my panel. Here's the situation: I have 200A service in a steel sided post-frame building which required 3 grounds...two from the panel (one of which...

I have a recently completed pole barn with steel roof & siding. I ended up about $8k over-budget, so I had to pass on having it sheeted with OSB before the siding was installed and as a result I've got plenty of areas where I can see daylight and cold air can freely creep in. I know that it's...

Not finding quite the detail that I need for wiring up some 400w metal halide canopy lights that I have in my new shop. They have multi-tap ballasts and I want to run them at 240V. Obviously ground goes to ground. My question is on the remaining wires. I know that I cap off the unused...

Finally underway here in Northcentral/Northeast Ohio. We moved here about a year ago from the Chicago area just before the housing market went to hell and bought a nice house on a little over 5 acres of land. The problem? All that it had was a small 2-car attached garage and not even a shed. My...

What wire for 100A feeder? I have a 150A main in the house and bought a 125A sub to install in my yet to be built detached shop. I'll be running radiant floor heat at some point in the shop as well as a lift and a 220V MIG plus the usual lights, power tools, etc. The main is on the east wall...

I'm trying to make my final decision this week pole barn vs. steel building. Pole barn is spec'd at 30x40x15, Freedom Steel building at 32x40x14 (clear span) and the steel looks like it's going to come in a decent bit cheaper depending upon how much my contractor wants to put it up (if I can't...

Hi. New to the forums and recently moved from the Chicagoland area to Mid-Ohio (about 5 minutes from the Mid-Ohio Raceway). The deal for getting the house that my wife wanted is that I get a shop/garage (house only has a tiny 2 car attached garage, not even a shed). I'm in the planning stages...

Hello everyone. I'm an occasional visitor (drive-by drooling and waiting for 'the' day) and figured it was time to join. I moved from a small house with 2.5 car garage on 1/3 acre in IL to a larger house with only a small 2 car garage on 5 acres in Ohio. Part of the deal I struck with my wife...