Matchy-Matchy and Some Tape and Some Labels
Matching lights outside the bedroom and kitchen, and taped and labeled switches in the studio.
Tag: Electrical
In the Trench, Part 2
In the trench, part 2: Able replaces the line from the wellhead to the tank and buries new conduit.
Some Better Lights
New, simpler exterior light fixtures by the front doors, with no glare.
Sculpture Highlights
Proper power at the main gate, and lights on the condor and Agatha at night.
Making the Great Room Great, Step Eight: Wall Lighting
Making the great room great: deleting the sconces and adding simple circular lights.
Long Lines
Tracing and staking the power line and water main on the hillside, mostly for our own records.
Another Bit of Electricity
Switches in my office for the courtyard lights, a big quality-of-life improvement.
Battery Backup: Hosed
Battery backup: the power wall displaced the hose reel post, so Agent Smith built a better one.
Battery Backup: The Install
Battery backup: the Tesla Powerwall install, and an early lesson about running on battery.
Battery Backup: Understanding the Pieces
Battery backup: why we chose a power wall over a big diesel generator.
Eating things one should not: Power Cords
The boys eat things they shouldn’t: shoes, a hammer and a power cord.
No more static
Agent Smith replaces the dying amplifier in the M Coupe, and no more static.
Gate Power (again)
A fallen tree, a bird’s nest in the breaker panel and new wiring finally get reliable power to the front gate.
Getting Things Done
Finding the brass floor box covers we needed on eBay, for a fraction of the price.
Cooked Water Heater
The replacement water heater literally melted its wiring, so it’s replaced again, properly this time.
Fire in the hole
The old brass floor boxes in the great room, and why water and electricity don’t mix.
New Project: Utility Closet
The rotting utility closet door outside gets replaced with one that’s actually meant for outdoors.
If a tree falls on a power line,
A tree fell on a power line on our property, PG&E’s tech took the low road, and the line turned out to be connected to nothing.
Forgotten nugget of PO craptasm
A very corroded pool light bulb, because the previous owner wouldn’t spend a few extra dollars on a new housing seal.
We have pretty electrons now
Voltz Electric upgrades our 175-amp service to 200 amps and replaces the fifty-year-old panel.