All the
electrical house wiring
and
power hookup
in your
residential
electrical wiring project,
includes
basic-electrical-wiring

All your basic-electrical-wiring involves an electrician. He helps you with the power hookup and he does the wiring of your house. SEE POWER HOOK-UP

basic-electrical-wiring is composed of 2 phases

1 – rough phase

2 – finish phase

The rough phase is extremely long and drawn out. Unlike the plumbing which is a quick job, that can be done by crew members, the electrical wiring takes time and a lot of thought, is more a one man job.

First of all, the electrician takes the homeowner on a “tour” of the house to determine what specialty items (electrically speaking) he/she wants in the home. The sub asks questions like

- “do you want lights on the stair risers?” or

- “do you want a dimmer capability on this or that light?”

- “are you having fan lights, or just a fan?”

- “what about surround sound?”

- “how many can-lights?”

- “where do you want the can-lights?

It is then that you, the homeowner, tell him of the extras you want that he doesn't suggest. Things like:

- string lights under the cabinets in the kitchen, bathrooms, and any other place for night lights.

- lights in china storage or in glass faced cupboards over the regular cupboards

- warming light in this bathroom or that

- fan exhaust over the stove (not recycling but w/vent)

- TV and computer connection in each bedroom

- lights centered over sinks in bathroom sinks or counters

- intercom system

- Security system

- electrical outlet for electric range, dryer, water heater, water softener

- door bell

- under counters lighting

- reading lights above bed

It would be very difficult for the electrician to have a crew to install all these extras. Wires are going every which way in the house, above in the rafters, below in the floor joists, and through the walls. There are 220 lines, and 120 lines.

Fans and lights, with 3-way or 2-way switches (all predetermined) are installed or wired for.

The electrician installs all the wires in your home through an electrical service entry box, where your shut-off switch is found. All your home theater, phone lines, computer wires, and any other electric oriented wires including your 220 and 110 lines go through this box.

In my experience of building our house, start to finish, there is one job I would not want to undertake and that is basic-electrical-wiring.

If you want to DIY it, you might want to visit my good friend's site. He includes all the detail diagrams and details for basic electrical wiring. Clicking here opens a new window. To return to this site, simply exit that page.

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