Step 17d – Wiring the Panel
For some reason, I experience an immense pleasure stripping wires and making them look good, so making up the main panel was a very enjoyable task. I spent a great deal of time ensuring that it looked as clean as …
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Step 17c – Securing Wire and Making Up Boxes
After all of the wires have been run between the main panel and the outlets, all the wires must be secured to the framing. The wires must be attached within 6″ of the outlets and at least every 54″ until …
Step 17b – Wiring Lighting Circuits
Lighting circuits are by far the hardest ones to wire. Modern LED lights use very little power, so I only used two lighting circuits for the entire house. One powers the first story lighting, and the other takes care of …
Step 17a – Running Appliance and Receptacle Wiring
With all of the gang boxes nailed into place, it was now time to run the wires from the main panel to each individual outlet. Bear in mind that what we refer to in English as an electrical outlet is …
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Step 17 – Electrical
Some people argue that you can build a net-zero home that uses fossil fuels but I am definitely not in that camp. My net-zero home will be all electric in the hopes that someday I can move from net-zero to …