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    Sounds like you need a new fan. If you could push...

    Sounds like you need a new fan. If you could push it to start, it is usually a capacitor or the start windings that are going. Since it won't stay going, it would seem that your run windings have...
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    I know that the gas pipe has to be bonded to the...

    I know that the gas pipe has to be bonded to the main building ground.I believe the meter should also be bonded to the building ground. If you connected the meter to a separate ground rod it would...
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    If there is no keyhole on the right side then it...

    If there is no keyhole on the right side then it should just have a tab that latches on the non-hinge side. Just pull the tab out a little and it should open.

    It it has a keyhole on the non hing...
  4. Can you give a model number? I can not find any...

    Can you give a model number? I can not find any schematics for any Heil a/c. If you have one is there anyway you could scan it maybe? From what I can find, it seems that that fuse protects the...
  5. Do you have a model number? I can't find the fan...

    Do you have a model number? I can't find the fan by sku.
  6. You have a single throw-double pole switch right?...

    You have a single throw-double pole switch right? Not a three way or a 4 way? Short of there being a knick in the wiring it sounds like its crossing phases. Is the plug factory or did you add it?
  7. Comment on aguywithfeet's post

    *Capacitors usually bulge out when they GO bad also
  8. Sounds like a definite yes. Capacitors usually...

    Sounds like a definite yes. Capacitors usually bulge out when they good bad also.
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    If it is an open gound conductor, that means your...

    If it is an open gound conductor, that means your green or bare wire has become disconnected from the receptacle or possibly in a junction box between the plug and the panel. Open not connected, so...
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    This is not my area but, since no one else is has...

    This is not my area but, since no one else is has answered ill get a big hub-bub started. I was thinking of doing the same thing at my house. When adding a slab next to an existing slab, the masons...
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    Comment on Missouri Bound's post

    I guess I was a little touchy there. He sounded like he was asking us to explain why the first install was on #10 along with how to do it this time. I went for the first part.
  12. Depending on the size of the box in the wall it...

    Depending on the size of the box in the wall it could be a 6-32,8-32 or possibly a 10-32 machine screw. They are sold at all the major hardware stores. I would start with a 6-32.
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    Without having to reduce myself to Missourian...

    Without having to reduce myself to Missourian name calling... 240.4(G) says for motor operated appliances go to 422 II. 422.10(a) says to size individual branch circuits according to 310 II. I assume...
  14. Comment on donf's post

    Here here donf. We lost a guy that way a few months ago.
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    10 gauge is good for over thirty amps when used...

    10 gauge is good for over thirty amps when used for motors. I would go with the ten and fuse at 40. The inrush current at startup should not give you a wire problem, it might blow your fuses. I think...
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    *raspberry* Oil companies will realize what is...

    *raspberry* Oil companies will realize what is going on and figure out some solution besides lowering prices. They are people not an Atari. Probably sell off the remaining oil wholesale or have new...
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    You would have to have a dc to ac invertor. It...

    You would have to have a dc to ac invertor. It would be sized according to your wattage if I remember correctly. That would do the dc to ac. For the voltage I think there is no way beside hooking...
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    Check electrical contacts too. Some time ants...

    Check electrical contacts too. Some time ants live there and mess with it.
  19. Accorind to ehow fluorescent watts are one...

    Accorind to ehow fluorescent watts are one quarter of incandescent watts. Which means a 40 watt incandescent would be equaled by a 10 watt fluorescent.
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    What do you think of the fan being on the GFCI? I...

    What do you think of the fan being on the GFCI? I thought it was discouraged because of the inrush and the inductions and what not.
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    Comment on stanfortyman's post

    Isn't that a big Liabilty, possibly illegal? I'm pretty sure here, commercial buildings HAVE to hire licensed professionals.
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    Comment on ballengerb1's post

    Many resi contractors too...
  23. If the PVC is schedule 40 (thinner stuff) and the...

    If the PVC is schedule 40 (thinner stuff) and the wire is THHN which is most common. You can put 3 700 MCM(kCM). You may need a ground too though which will be considered in the pipe fill. This was...
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    Can you give a model for the fan? You will have...

    Can you give a model for the fan? You will have to figure out what the wires control in the fan. Sounds like L is to the light so a on wire is a feed and one wire is going to the light heads. 1,2,3...
  25. Comment on stanfortyman's post

    Do they do that often? I'm commercial, so just curious.
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    Comment on aguywithfeet's post

    But like I said if electrons can't pass through the cable I would doubt wire will. Sounds like your best bet is to reroute the cable to a outlet or box down the wall somewhere via overhead access or...
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    Comment on aguywithfeet's post

    The code says in residences 20amp general use lighting and receptacles are to be on 12 wire. It's a safety thing. If wire could be pushed through there it might be easier and cheaper to replace the...
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    So you know the junction box feeding the cable...

    So you know the junction box feeding the cable and the cable? You have power at the feeding junction box and going into to the cable but have no power in the outlet box or just in the recepacle...
  29. Got to ask the obvious. You turned back on the...

    Got to ask the obvious. You turned back on the breaker, tried differents bulbs and made sure the switch is on? If it is a two head light then you will have a hot and neutral(black and white) from...
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