We spent this weekend with some electrical projects. Mostly testing out the wiring that has been done for a while to make sure it was done right.

The first project we did was to install the patch panel that I built in the basement. Then we ran the rest of the cable and ethernet drops to both the tv room and the gym. This actually went pretty quickly with 2 people working on it and I can’t wait for the rest of my patch panel supplies to arrive so I can start putting the wires in for good.

Then it was on to real electrical stuff:
First we we had to wire the feeds into the Circuit Breaker box, this went pretty smoothly and the 3 new feeds were in.
Then I came the trickier part: actually turning on the feeds to test them, there was some prep work first to be done and each circuit was different:
– The outlet circuit in the tv room was tested and worked – I wired a single outlet so we had one in that room and the rest were disconnected after testing.
– The porch outlet circuit – which consists of a single outlet on the porch (which we need for xmas lights) – and then a wire that will lead to a second outlet at some point I currently wired as a light in the back of the basement since we don’t have one there.
– The tv room light circuit – this one was tricky, I wired up light bulbs to each location and then wired in the switches which will have to come back out now to drywall but I wanted them for testing. Then i turned it on and everything worked well except for the 3-way center light that will be a fan and light. I didn’t actually wire this correctly and I’m not worried about it because there was no insulation near by to worry about cut wires or anything.

While I did this Ryan started framing in a section of the tv room that was previously not square. The built-in from the diningroom was going to cause us problems so we decided to build a wall behind it to drywall against. We lose a few inches of space but gain a nice square corner. Unfortunately we ran out of wood so this project is not yet complete 🙂

In progress wall:

Sunday we made a trip to Lowes to get a programmable thermostat which I later installed (hopefully to save a bit on oil this winter). Then I spent time researching the problem I’m having with my car (ignition control module we think). I ordered the parts I need for that repair. Honestly I don’t know where the rest of the weekend went! I know I spent a couple hours doing some cooking and baking for a work holiday event but it sure seems like a short day!