{"id":1496,"date":"2021-08-05T12:09:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-05T16:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/?p=1496"},"modified":"2022-02-24T14:39:28","modified_gmt":"2022-02-24T19:39:28","slug":"outlet-wiring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/outlet-wiring\/","title":{"rendered":"Wiring"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Over the past few weeks, I’ve been wiring up outlets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I used a laser level to place the boxes, since the floor has a 3\/8 in. dip in the center that I didn’t want to carry over to the boxes.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

First I went around and placed all the boxes. This often required removal of nearby closed-cell foam, which slowed me down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I allowed up to 6 x 12 gauge conductors or 9 x 14 gauge conductors in each 3\/4 in. hole.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I then drilled the cable routes, which again, required more foam removal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Pulling wires though such zig-zagging holes would prove to be challenging.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

There were some routes that were tricky, as they needed to pass through multiple consecutive corners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This tool is configurable to work with either Romex or generic spools with a ~1 in. inner-hole.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

For pulling wire, I invested in a special tool for feeding wire from a spool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The boxes were laid out horizontally to be as close to symmetrical placement on each wall as possible.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Because I placed the wire routes carefully, they ended up lining up nicely making them easier to pull.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I used multi-cable “staples” to guide wires in many locations, but still stapled within 6 in. of each box entry per code.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

While there are some single outlets that share a circuit with another, most two-gang boxes have their own home run.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Some wires will also enter the box from the bottom, but given how many circuits I’m packing into a small panel, it’s good to distribute them.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Many of the wires were routed through the soffit and down toward the panel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I used 12\/2 wire for all outlets, which cost a little more, but thankfully I purchased most of the wire before copper doubled in price.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In the loft, one set of outlets are switched, which made the layout a bit more complex.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The obvious exception to the symmetry is the overlook area.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The outlet placement is again symmetrical from left to right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This will likely have all sorts of uses, but at minimum be used for a floor lamp.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I added an outlet in the loft floor under where the couch will go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This run required 10\/3 wire carrying 240v.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I also ran power to an exterior junction box for the heat-pump outdoor unit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Drilling and feeding wire through this hole was very tricky, but I got lucky and it worked out well.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This type of box has a safety shutoff, but not a breaker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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All 4 smoke detectors are wired together so they can trigger each other.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I then wired up the smoke detectors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Symmetrical placement required minor a modification of a collar-tie because in the model I had placed that collar tie on the other side of the rafter.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Finally I placed the remaining can lights and then wired those up as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Over the past few weeks, I’ve been wiring up outlets. First I went around and placed all the boxes. This often required removal of nearby closed-cell foam, which slowed me down. I then drilled the cable routes, which again, required more foam removal. There were some routes that were tricky, as they needed to pass […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1508,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1496"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1496"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1496\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1657,"href":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1496\/revisions\/1657"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}