Cure method for an apartment dweller

[skiddz]

Also, any extension cord that's too long or too small guage wire for the load will cause an excessive draw and pop a breaker.

My garage has ONE 110v outlet for things other than garage door openers and it's on the opposite side of the garage from my "shop" area. I was trying to run my 5HP compressor with a 25' extension cord and would pop the breaker several times a day.

Picked up a 25" 10AWG extension cord and haven't popped a breaker since.

One of these days, me and my Home Depot credit care are gonna go buy a half dozen breakers and add some new service to the garage....

that is funny you said home depot ... i got an account with them and they all know me by first name ....
you can do like i did ... i got a small generator to run the shed i am working in ... then i got a huge one with 2 - 220 / 4 110 /2 220 with the twist plugs ... that is the total of 8 outlets and i run the whole house when the power go's out and it is out for hours ...
but the small one i run the following :
radio (not much power there )
buffer
shop vac
compresser
arc welder
mig
i been running the following at one time :
oil filled heater
my buffer for polishing
2 shop lights
radio
small tv
and it dose not skip a beat .... you may try that if need be

[non-stick]

now there's a though I didn't even think of. Maybe a bit pricey in the beginning but one thing is for certain, you can ALWAYS find use for a generator somewhere.

[skiddz]

Man, the Home Owner's Association would go nuts (not to mention the neighbors) if I ran a generator while I was out in the shop. I had the neighborhood HOA stooge come by yesterday to "see what I was up to with all that racket". (He's the same guy that complains about me every time I'm running the table saw or using my nail guns out in the driveway)

If I lived out in the boonies, a generator would be a good thing to have in any case. Unfortunately, I don't so I'll be doing the add some circuits shuffle..

I wish I could build a workshop out in the yard, but since I want one about the size of a 3 car garage, there'd be no more room for the pool. hhehe

[non-stick]

tell your neighbor that it's law that you can make "all that racket" from 7AM to 11PM if you want and he should worry about his personal business instead of yours. As far as if he ever asks about you powdercoating and it's harmfulness.... tell him his wife burning butter in a frying pan has more contaminants than powdercoating ever will in it's correctly used state. I hate nosey neighbors and have quite an issue over here if you couldn't tell, lol. Not only would I get a generator now, I'd be pulling off the noise suppression just to bug him. Of course.... when everybody is out of power who do you think your "good ol buddy pal" will be looking to, to have his lights on? Yeah.... I thought so.

[drfjr1976]

Originally Posted by non-stick

tell your neighbor that it's law that you can make "all that racket" from 7AM to 11PM if you want and he should worry about his personal business instead of yours.

How I wish that was true. I thought the same thing until I had the cops at my front door. A neighbor had called them on me because I have an ATV that I was ridding in my own yard. I only ride it maybe once a month for about 30 minute at a time, sometimes not even that. I said the same thing to the officer about between the "hours of such and such". The officer replied that it was "noise pollution" and I can have them called on me at any time. He advised me that It will be just a warning this time but if they are called again it would be a $75 fine and an appearance in court.

[non-stick]

wow! no kidding. And the police actually looked at you seriously when they said this? Not to get off topic with this whole thing.... but those that rock boats around here have quite a tough time when they themselves are up against the wall. If your neighbor had any common sense, he should have come to you personally and maybe then be a real person about it. I have no doubt you'd have said " yeah... I suppose I can let ya nap and take it out later" or whatever the case was. Of course... now that they are on bad terms with you.... they are subject to the same laws and "neighborly rules" they subject you to. I have to say.... my neighbors are ok with most ( notice I said most,lol) everything I do. Then again... I go out of my way to ask for things to "coat and make pretty" because I ran out of stuff. This way if they ever have a problem with anything... I can always pull the old " you didn't have a problem all the other times you got your stuff done" routine. That always makes thier complaints hold very little water.

*shakes head... still can't believe the quad thing on your OWN property.*

[drfjr1976]

Yea I was pretty shocked myself. I have coated many things for my other neighbors and I live in a small town (Under 600). But this one I have never had the Pleasure of talking to.
I asked the officer the same thing, "Why didn't he just come talk to me?" The officer said "he won't and he's not going to." I know the police and just about everyone in this little village, and no one has had very many dealings with this neighbor, keeps to himself.

Anyway, maybe other will have better luck.
I know I'll feel better about my situation once I sell the quad and buy a chopper with straight pipes.