God, looking back at this now, after the course is over - that part was SO easy!!! Ah, good ol' Assignment #7, we have good memories that I'll cherish forever.
A morette, a pigtail action, some grounding, all is good in the world of wiring...
My "workshop" there on the right. Kind of reminded me of that show - Canada's Worst Handyman, but with an electrical twist. We bumbled a lot less than the people on that show!
A receptacle, otherwise known as a plug-in-thingy. Wires, wires and more wires. My wire stripping skills sure got some practice during this course. And I only shot off the ends of the wires into my partners back a few times...
This is the 4-way switch!!! I'll have no need for one, but I know how to do it!!!!
LIIIIIIIIGHT!!!!!! Yeehaw! Wowwww....
Ooh! The exciting part - the service entrance!! Yippee! (are y'all bored yet?!? Too bad!)
We had to do a mock-up of the whole wiring system, from the service entrance to the breaker panel to the wiring inside. We wired in smoke detectors, car plugs, switches, oven ranges, and outdoor lights. We were supposed to do a doorbell, but my partner and I figured neither of us have doorbells, and who needs a doorbell anyways??!
The indoor panel, obviously. Surprisingly, these things really look a lot more complicated than they are!
Our instructors fancy panel. Nice wiring job eh?
And that was it! Now all I have to do is study the 100+ page code book and write a written exam, bribe the electrical inspector, and voila! Instant power. Kind of. Hopefully these power poles that have been down my driveway since JANUARY will get put to good use!
7 comments:
I'm curious about that electrical course. How much do they charge?
$350 for the weekend course. I think the next one is in April - it's through the College. I highly recommend it, the instructors are great and totally helpful!
Okay- you are hired! Come and fix some crap around my house!
Hay Kara....I get her first, legal or not!! My new inverter (800 bucks later) still doesn't cut the mustard!! Heck who needs modern crap anyways?? Oh ya...my washer & dryer are arriving on Friday!!!!!!!!! A "little" modern is acceptable :)
$350 for the course? That's shocking! (OK, you're probably sick of my electrical puns but that's watt I do best.)
How funny. I'll be learning wiring this winter so that I can wire the guest cottage next spring.
I should see if our college has a course. I've got a code simplified book, my Dad running a brief training session at the end of October in my generator shed and a winter to study up.
Michael - I totally missed that the first time around... thanks for throwing down another bad pun!
Kara/Heather - sure I'll practice on YOU guys before I wire my own place. If it doesn't blow up real good, then I know I'm ready.
Susan - good fun! The course was totally worth it. The hands-on stuff really knocked it home though. Hope I remember it...
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