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As part of installing three mini split AC units in my house I also had to install a sub panel outside, trench conduit from my power pole to the house, trench conduit for two of the units, and run conduit under the crawl space of the house for the third. Recently I had the inspector out to have a...

I used Southwire Triwire 12AWG THHN on three 220V AC units. Triwire has three wires, white, black and green, lightly twisted together, but not sleeved. I had read that it's permissible to use a white wire for a hot wire in this case as long as the white wire is remarked to red (or black...

I recently installed mini splits in my home and workshop, I even went through the hassle of getting permits for them. But its taken much longer to finish everything than I expected and I've been using two of them for several months because this is south Florida and its been hot. I'm almost ready...

TLDR: Looking for ideas to better insulate a metal pan roof under the extreme heat of the South Florida sun, including spray foam and/or rigid foam board. I have a metal pan roof over an extra room added onto my house for a utility/shop room. This particular portion of roof has the top caps...

I'm finally installing my 3rd mini split. The first two went fine and have been working great. With the third one I'm going to need to put the outside unit farther away than expected. The unit came with a 16ft line set and is precharged for up to a 25ft line set. However, the shortest extension...

I'm finally getting around to where I can actually install one of these mini-splits, unpacked the line set today and found that the ends are double flared from the factory. I had been planning to re-flare them myself because of all the reports of sub-par factory flares, but now I'm wondering if...

First off I'll say that you guys are amazing and this forum is a fantastic resource. I've gotten an incredible amount of information and answers here without even having to post any questions. But now I do have some questions about some special aspects of my project. Second off, my apologies...

The knowledge here about ratchets is amazing and I've learned a lot just by lurking around, so I figured I'd post this question before I buy something. I don't have a 1/2" ratchet. I've been getting by with a 1/2" breaker bar when necessary. Not ideal, but it works, and I'm usually too broke to...

I hate to start out on a new forum with a sour note, but I waited an hour and a half on hold with Craftsman and finally gave up. I tried the option to have them call me back when an agent is available. Nobody called. Has anybody have any luck with the number recently? I have a Craftsman 44363...