Category Archives: Electrical Service
Inside electrical wiring
Dean Warner, electrician, returns to install more interior wiring and keep an eye on the deer walking past in the field. Fixtures are attached to the one-and-a-half-inch furring strips attached to the SIPs panels. In the next week or so, this will all be covered by drywall / sheetrock. This approach is easier than creating chases within the rigid foam to run wiring, or hiding it in a fat baseboard, which are alternatives when working with SIPs.
The electrician begins installation
Dean Warner electrician runs our secondary electrical service into our lower level utility room. The electric service, along with telephone and television cable enter under the footing through 2″ conduits. After installation, the conduits will be sealed air-tight for passive house standards.
Spool caddy for telephone cable
Several months ago the phone company, Verizon, dropped off a spool of cable weighing several hundred pounds. Chris built a spool caddy and waited. At long last, the nearest neighbor granted an easement to the nearest utility pole, a date was set for electrical service installation, Chris dug the trench with his father-in-law, National Grid installed the electric cables — and yesterday Chris unwound the cable the length of the trench.
National Grid arrives with our primary electric service
Trenches inspected and approved
National Grid is scheduled to lay out primary electrical service cable tomorrow.
Relocating frogs from our utility trench
Twenty frogs have been relocated to the grandparents’ pond.
Digging the electric service trench
Chris and Ted (Susan’s father) are digging 1,387 feet of trenching to reach our nearest utility pole.
Poking out from under
These five conduits extend under the footing and emerge in the utility room. Going under the footing avoids piercing the wall. This is where we will run TV, telephone and electrical service.