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  1. As Artie said do not use the 50 cent receptacles especially on high use or high current applications such in bathrooms or kitchens. They will fail. The spec grade only cost a little more. And I like Artie I will use 20 amp receptacles on 20 amp circuits. But if it is a 15 amp circuit use the better 15a receptacles. Same for switches. Roly
  2. if one half of the outlet is switched, the red wire is the switched one. Put the two white wires on the side with the silver terminals, The red wire goes on the bottom brass terminal and the black wires ,one on the upper brass terminal and one in the upper push in space. You then need to break off the brass strip that goes between the brass screws, otherwise it will not be switched. The preferred way is to connect the two black wires together with a wire nut or Wego type connector and take a piece of black wire to the upper brass terminal and break the tab off. If it is not switched do as above but do not break off tab. Roly
  3. I don't think this type of controller will work for your motor. I am not a expert on this but for reasons as Larry said the speed the centrifugal switch cuts out is a major concern along with motor cooling. Something like a VF would be better for control on this type of motor but the centrifugal switch is still a problem. Roly
  4. Once you click on the picture it make sense, otherwise just two small chairs. Looks great. Roly
  5. I think you are right about locking itself when squeezed. But I am not buying it is for electrical crimp type connectors. Roly
  6. I do not think it is for crimping electrical connectors. It is nothing like any of the old crimpers that I have seen. This would be very unweildy to use as you would have to squeeze the handles together while holding the two pliers flat. The sharp edges on the pins would tend to cut or split the connector, normally the part that compresses the connector is rounded to prevent that. Roly
  7. It reminds me of a swamp cooler that uses the evaporation of water to cool the air. If you have high humidity in your area they do not work very good. I forgot what his outside air temperature was but it seems like it was in the low 70s . I am not ready to try it either. Roly
  8. You would have to be very close to the 7200 volt line to light a florescent lamp. 7.2 kv is a normal distribution voltage that does not cause any problems like that, when you get up in the range of 138 kv and 345 kv you can dimly get a lamp to light and that is in a switch yard where it is a lot closer to the ground that any area where the public is exposed to it. Not familiar with any of the 700-800 kv systems. Roly ( don't try getting very close to it to try it )
  9. Put a fused jumper between the pallet racking and the driven ground and see what happens. Is the neutral disconnected at the source also ? Check neutral to driven ground at the house also. Roly
  10. Nobody will notice besides all of us now that you said something. You won't be able to see it while they are hanging. Now what about the pecans ? Roly
  11. Cost in US is $25,000-$30,000 for the Smartflower. Too high for most people. I wouldn't live long enough to recoup the cost. Roly
  12. Link did not work for me, shows a home improvement site but nothing about electricity. Check the costs carefully as I doubt you will come out ahead for quite a while if ever. Roly
  13. Here is where the table saw with the molding head worked perfectly. I had four thread drawers to do with the thumbnails full depth of the drawer. Very easy and quick on the table saw, not as easy with a router. Roly
  14. I used one on a radial arm saw which always was a pucker factor as it wanted to lift the wood, using on a table saw is fine. It is balanced and the set screw fits in a hole in the blade so the screw would have to shear off to let the blade go. As Ron said it worked well, just keep feed rate slow. Roly
  15. What I did on a outside set of stairs was to put one rail at the required height and another lower for kids that had trouble reaching the normal height one. Where practical I prefer railings on both sides, it is a great help when you are older or had surgery for hip replacements. Roly
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