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    Welder 190 foot extension cord help with wire size

    Hello I have a miller 252 mig welder. I had a electrician add a outlet for this welder within two of my main breaker where the service enters my garage. I need to do a bunch of welding 190 feet from this outlet, I need to make a extension cord that can handle this Miller welder at that...
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    Do you need a good drop light... then check this out!!

    I went to a farm show and bought this drop/work light. This thing is great and VERY BRIGHT. I'm just passing on what I think is a very good find. I paid $20.00 farm show price not sure what regular price is. I'll be buying a few more now that I got it home and had a chance to try it out. The...
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    Alkota heater this is a bad boy!! anyone have one?

    Ran into this heater at a farm show http://www.alkota.com/product/industrial-space-heaters (upper large one salesmen told me don't buy the smaller one) runs on diesel and is very clean burning,no smoke. Has anyone seen this unit or any others like it? Is pricy at around 2800.00 but if your...
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    Acetone increases gas mileage !!!

    So that's what I here, google it read for yourself. I would like to try it but not sure if it will hurt my engine or fuel components 2005 Silverado 4.3L. Have any of you used acetone? Here is a good read I found (it's long) check it out...
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    Automotive Computer

    This is not about a garage but it goes into what belongs in a garage, a car... I'm looking for a Automotive Computer for my 2005 Silverado to mainly monitor real time fuel usage. I did a search and this is all I could find http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000AAMY86/?tag=atomicindus08-20...
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    Concrete Work Bench

    I had one of them brain storms that you think no body else but you came up with, A CONCRETE WORK BENCH!!!!! Sorry to let myself down when I goggled it it’s been done already. I know all about kitchen countertops they have been out for years now but never seen a work bench. Never the less I...
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    sale on electric wall and portable heaters

    Check this out looks like some good pricing http://www.ohiopowertool.com/c-262-industrial-electric-heaters.aspx Question I have when they say 208/240 V. this is1 phase right? This is the unit I’m looking at...
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    Fostoria elec. heater need opinions please

    Does anyone have any experience or comment in regards to this: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000M1H8RK/?tag=atomicindus08-20 It’s the FES-1024-1CA Fostoria Heat Wave portable electric heater. I found a good deal on one $250.00 have not bought it yet, looking for opinions. The seller has two I may...
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    HELP PLEASE loud pop and electric burn smell

    My wife and I heard a loud pop and then we could smell an electric burn smell near one corner of our house tonight. Everything appears to be working including all outlets. We have noticed our lights surging lately and were surging right before the pop, now it appears the surging went away sense...
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    Cost to run electric heat per hour... HELP

    I have a 3200 sq' pole barn and 1680 SQ' of that I'm finishing off for a work shop that I will have r30 in walls and r60 in the ceiling. Looking at part time heat maybe one or two days a week. Leaning toward two G73 5000 watt electric heaters.I pay about 7.53 cents per kwh (that includes all the...
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    Post your shop's electrical plan here

    If you have an electric plan in the form of a drawing of your shop and would like to share it please post here. This could be very beneficial to others that are in the electrical planning stage. Thank You
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    How far can you run an ethernet cable

    My shop is about 200' from my house. Can I run an ethernet cable from my router in my house to my shop for internet access,or is that too far?
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    Need help...paint/seal metal pole barn roof

    Can anyone recommend a paint/sealer I can paint over my pole barn/shop metal roof. I need something that will seal around nails etc… and also add color (white) The barn is over 30 years old. Paint has started to wear off you can see the primer below. I would like to repaint before rust starts to...
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    Vaportight Fixture T5 and T8 good price

    ran across this so just passing it along,looks like a good price!! http://primelights.com/Vaportights_Fixtures.html it has a Unbreakable polycarbonate lens good for high impact areas like above work bench etc...
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    Is your ceiling too short? try this...

    Ran across this and thought it could help some of you guys that are too short:D http://www.shopfloortalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=31516
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    Do you have an office inside your shop ??

    I would like to see how you guy's incorporated an office into your shop,and the different uses you use this office for. I'm in the build and plan as I go stage on my shop and I'm thinking a small office would be nice. A place I can go where there's no dust,a place for maybe a computer,my...
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    pictures of your electrical panels here

    I’m hoping you guys will use this thread to post pictures of your main panel/load center or whatever you would like to call it. This could be very educational for us d.i.y’ers that need just a little help, and we all know how pictures help! So show off your work and picture post away ...
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    ground metal pole biluding ????

    I'm in the planning stage of a new main electric service to the pole barn shop. Do any of you ground the metal siding of pole barns, if so...how do you do it ? EDIT BUILDING :) How do you edit the title ??
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    help me search GJ for DUMMY'S

    When I try to search GJ it’s a pain!! GJ does not allow you to narrow search parameters down very well. For example I want to find info on a G73 heater. So I go to the "heating and a/c" forum click on search this forum, type in G73 and this is what I get "Sorry - no matches. Please try some...
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    68-Watt (300W) CFL Light - review

    how many of you guys with larger sized shops lets say around 30x40 use this light as your main source of lighting. http://www.homedepot.com/Electrical-Light-Bulbs-Compact-Tube-Fluorescents/h_d1/N-5yc1vZbmae/R-100676712/h_d2/ProductDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=10051&catalogId=10053 I have a few...
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