Greetings all, I need to run new electrical service to the detached garage sometime in the near future (this spring?). Up until recently it was powered by the original knob and tube wires simply stru
- - - - - - - - - - - Check at www.craftsman.com for planning a shop. I have a nice brochure from them that covers stuff on all size areas. Some very good suggestions in it. Allen Hefner Phila. Regio
Make it bigger - I used 2". If nothing else, it makes the pull easier. Pull everything you think you're going to want. I recommend one of the multi-conductor bundles that have a couple of phone line
Author: "PHINNEY,HARRY K (HP-Corvallis,ex1)" <harry_phinney@hp.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2002 09:44:02 -0800
wondering what else might be useful to put in service and a sub panel in the else low voltage) Check your local codes. Around here low-voltage lines such as these have to be something like 12" or 18"
Don't run your electric and your data/voice in the same conduit. The current in the electric will affect the other signal lines. jim /// unsubscribe/change address requests to majordomo@autox.team.ne
Author: Susan and Mark Miller <marknsuz@pacbell.net>
Date: Fri, 01 Nov 2002 10:09:43 -0800
the of I My thoughts: The biggest job here will be the trench. Given that, make it a big one and fill it up with anything you may possibly need in the future. I'd size the wiring for more than 60 amp
[snip] I would suggest a minimum of 100 amps of 220. A TIG welder can eat up 50-60 amps all by itself. I'd go bigger on the conduit. -- Drew Rogge drew@pixar.com /// unsubscribe/change address reques
We're in the middle of a sizeable remodel on our house, and in adding up the electric and gas requirements I'm looking at something close to a 400 amp service (of course, that's not just the new sho
Check the cost of 3-phase. A Bridgeport just doesn't use enough power to make this usually worth the expense. I only has a 2-3 HP motor and you can use either a rotary or solid-state phase converter.
A TIG welder only uses 50-60 amps at some pretty high power levels. Will you really be doing 2 things at once while doing this? Will you really be welding 3" thick aluminum castings that often? If th
I don't know for sure, but I'd bet that's significantly more expensive than the $2-500 it'll cost for a decent 3ph converter... plus the better ones of those will let you adjust the speed of the 3ph
Three phase will cost a lot. There's also going to be a premium to pay if you try to get service that's over what they consider "standard household" - especially if the local transformer and feeder w
I totally agreed with Eric on this. The newer speed control phase converters (what is their real name?) are great. They adjust the number of cycles per second to adjust the speed. Mark V.S. in Austin
as previously stated... the ditch is the major portion of the job... make it a wide bucket wide (18") and space your conduits/piping out in the bottom... after you cover it... mark it's path so you c
Variable frequency drives. It will obviously vary by location, but when I looked into 3ph power for a small business several years ago, it would've cost many $1000 for the service (even though there
They have plastic tape (looks like that "crime scene" tape you see on TV) that you place about a foot above the conduits - it will alert any future machine operators that there is something down ther
Each in separate conduits should not need to be separated by that much, but DO check your local codes. Donald. /// unsubscribe/change address requests to majordomo@autox.team.net or try /// http://ww
Yeah, that's a bit of a concern right now. True, but it does have to be the sum of the loads in the house, once you apply the various NEC demand 'derating' factors, right? By the time you get two ov