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Im having a mini split installed in the new shop and the HVAC company we use is good but a little heavy on the upsells, I get it, they are running a for profit business. Last fall I did pass on the $500 capacitor upgrade offered during the semiannual maintenance/cleaning, I have a Grainger...

Is there a rule regarding the size of conduit that can be connected to wireway? I'm thinking of running 2" emt from the top of my panel into 4" wireway. I seem to recall reading there is a size requirement for junction boxes related to conduit entering them. Does this apply to wireway, or is...

Recently I installed new power cable from my meter main pedestal about 200' from the house to the house panel in my garage. Reason for that was existing power cables did not meet code, were in the way of some new construction, and went under huge trees. I had to dig a trench and run some...

I was in AZ a couple weeks ago hanging out with my son for Father's Day and while in town I visited a friend who is having a new house built. The house was ready for drywall and I saw some colors of NMB I'd not seen before. I'd seen posts here on GJ about new colors but nothing definitive. I...

In the shop I'm having built I do not want electrical in the walls. Everything will be surface mounted including the panel. The walls will be 2x6 studs and covered in plywood, after it's finished I don't want to ever go in them again. I'd like to run some type of trough or raceway along the...

I'm installing a neutral bus in my house panel as it is becoming a sub panel, so I'm separating the grounds and neutrals. As I move the neutrals over I'm probably going to have to extend a couple. What is the most elegant way to do this? I know wire nuts are acceptable but is there a tidier...

Can anyone tell me what this knob does? I’m trying to figure this thing out. It was my Dad’s and I’ve only used it a couple times. Thanks! Rob

Been watching a lot of videos as I'll be wiring my shop this summer and though I learned a lot from Dad who was an electrician back in the day there are a lot of requirements I need to get up to speed on as we don't have inspection here and I want to do it correctly. Even picked up the 2023...

I'm checking out marketplace for a deal on a used table saw. I have a project that one would come in real handy but I'm not ready to drop the long green on a good saw till my shop is built this spring. I'm wondering if this model of delta is a belt driven saw or if it just has an upside down...

Some background information: When our house was built back in the 1970s the electric meter was on the back of the house, the electric panel is located on the other side of the wall in the garage. Previous owners enclosed the porch so now the house has a "sun room." A couple years ago the...

Attached are pics of my DP 220 drill press that was my Dad's. I figured he bought it in the 50s, It's a 1947 according to the SN. What was the common on/off arrangement these things had? This one has had the box and switch on it for as long as I can remember and I'm 51. It's clearly...

Hi everyone, I'm Rob and I'm new here, just wanted to say hello and show my new to me drill press. I picked up this old Rockwell on Craigslist. I'm having trouble figuring out the exact model as none of the others I've seen are exactly like it. It might be a Frankenstein someone put together...