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    Garage furnace

    That is true. I don't think that would be an issue for infloor heating and tube heaters in a shop.
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    Garage furnace

    I use these temperature controllers and they work great...
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    Garage furnace

    Good advice on getting a second opinion, that is exactly what I would do. You can do your own gas work. I have installed all the lines and the heaters in my shop and garage. Just get a permit and have it inspected. If you have the room I would definitely go with a radiant heater. I have one...
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    Electric panel questions.

    In stead of hard wiring the lights in I installed plugins that are switched for all lights. I also used those circuits for parasitic loads.
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    Project surface grinder $200

    It looks like and interesting project. Problem is I have too many of them right now.
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    Black colouring of dial graduations

    The more I think about it, I believe this would be very durable as I know how difficult it use to be to get the grease out those dials. If the surface is clean the wax would adhere and the depressions would protect it from wear. The only places that it might not stand up is on the edges.
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    Electric panel questions.

    Our security system is tied into the internet in the house. I have that configuration in the shop as I use the wifi for cell phone. The router is connected to the light circuit and is turned off when I leave the building.
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    Electric panel questions.

    Sorry Perry, I know this is too late but If you buy a minimum of 10 bags of the blown insulation at Home Depot they give you a free rental of the machine. It is faster and easier to do it that way.
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    Inquiring about rotary phase converters and VFDs.

    An SPC in its basic form is just capacitors converting single phase to three phase and it is disconneted once the motor is running. This cofiguration is used in an RPC to start the motor and that is what it as does in a SPC. With an SPC you have a minimum loss of 1/3 of the hp rating of the...
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    Black colouring of dial graduations

    Nice!! How durable is wax?
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