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  1. jcdammeyer

    Air compressor not restarting

    The road, the cars, the church are all below sea level by about 2m (6').
  2. jcdammeyer

    Air compressor not restarting

    I'm innocent. I did not sabotage the @David compressor motor. I was in Amsterdam trying to get a similar photo to a painting my parents brought over when they emigrated here.
  3. jcdammeyer

    Tips/Techniques Wall covering in garage shop.

    1/2" drywall is $19.95 per sheet and 1/2" plywood (not the best looking) is $40 per sheet at Rona.
  4. jcdammeyer

    Tips/Techniques Wall covering in garage shop.

    What's the C side? Or did you paint it blue with whitecaps and waves and dolphins and mistakenly misspell Seaside?
  5. jcdammeyer

    Air compressor not restarting

    Here's a data sheet on motor start capacitors. They don't give an ESR value so it probably doesn't matter. https://content.kemet.com/datasheets/KEM_A4041_MS_MD.pdf But in either case here's from my ESR meter manual what to expect for DC capacitors. No idea if an AC motor start cap will have...
  6. jcdammeyer

    Tips/Techniques Wall covering in garage shop.

    What's an ideal wall covering in the shop. My two cement walls, which are like basement walls will have studs installed this summer. Once insulated and covered with vapour barrier I'm now wondering if I should just drywall or use chip board or plywood. And if plywood or chipboard how thick...
  7. jcdammeyer

    Air compressor not restarting

    Unfortunately the capacitance test doesn't test the ESR.
  8. jcdammeyer

    Air compressor not restarting

    As I said, I have the tester. But quick question. How old is the compressor?
  9. jcdammeyer

    Air compressor not restarting

    You already have a fan blowing air through the radiator right? Just duct that air outside the enclosure. edit: Or even duct it into the shop instead to keep the noise away from your neighbors. The heat will help in the winter and likely not warm up the shop all that much during the summer.
  10. jcdammeyer

    JCDammeyer's 42 projects

    BTW, SWMBO gave me a Van Gogh and I swore after the endless hours making it I'd never do another one of his paintings. One of the most difficult puzzles ever. You'd think each piece was different enough but there were so many that fit in several locations and the image on the piece didn't...
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