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    Electric motor with forward reverse switch

    OK so I got this motor and switch that were together at one time...Never saw it together but I got all this documentation on how it should be wired and I thought I could figure it out but now I have confused myelf with so much documentation...Anyone please help me out!!
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    Ballast question

    He all, Upgrading the lighting in my new garage and have come across something interesting. I am replacing some 400w and 175 watt merc vapor lighting fixtures that use the large mogul bases with 6 bulb fluorescent fixtures. These fixtures are lithonia IB 632. I borrowed a couple older ones of...
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    New Outbuilding, Well, New to me anyway!

    Hey All, Wanted to share my new garage space with everyone. Hopefully this will be an ongoing thread as i upgrade and refresh a lot of things in this garage. This was originally purposed as an Airplane hangar by the previous owner. The dimensions are 50' x 100' with an additional 20' lean to...
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    Mercury Vapor bulb question

    Hey all, Just purchased a new house and it happens to have a very nice out building on the property. Currently it has mercury vapor bulbs which produce plenty of light for the 50 x 100 area. My question being, are there more efficient bulbs than the mercury vapor that produce similar lighting...
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    Splitting 1 220v outlet into 2?

    Hello, Quick question regarding my 220v outlet. I have recently acquired a plasma that will run 30Amps at 220V. I am short an outlet and any more room in my houses junction box... I added the 220V circuit that used up the last spots in my box for my air compressor. Heres the question... The...
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    Low Water pressure question

    I have a question for you plumbers out there. I woke up one morning to find that the lower heating element in my water heater had pretty much rusted out of the side of the tank an was starting to run water down the side of the heater. It was the original one that was installed when the house was...
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    A little premature...Maybe a little optimistic as well..

    But hey we all have goals right!. I have floated around on the site for a while..been a long time member of the jalopy journal as well, but when I came across a couple posts regarding design software i decided to play around with some of the free stuff. Lovin the Google sketch pad app. I am by...
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    Sayin hey from cincinnati

    Hey all, Not really building at this time just lookin at the different setups, getting ideas.
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