Data & Rough Electrical

24Apr07

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I mentioned yesterday that I have been working on the electrical for the past couple of weeks. I worked until almost midnight last night to be ready for our rough electrical inspection today. Hopefully it passes, I can’t wait to get some insulation and drywall going on this project. Along with the electrical, I have been wiring the addition for all the modern luxuries. I ran two coaxial cables, and two cat 5 wires to each bedroom, and to the hall where the computer will be. It is a small cost up front (about $100) and will be a lifesaver in the future. We will probably never fully utilize them since we don’t have a phone land line, and don’t even own a TV. We will use the Cat 5 for internet though. Also, it feels good to know any future owners won’t be cursing me for not doing it right.

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4 Responses to “Data & Rough Electrical”

  1. Chad on April 25th, 2007 3:56 am

    Running wires ahead of time does make a lot of sense, but don’t forget to seal up the holes when you insulate. No need to be unneccessarily open. When renovating our bathroom, we ran some extra wires in the temporarily open walls. In addition to Cat5e and Cat6, we ran 14-4 stranded wire for speakers and some 12-2 for future electrical branches. Cat5 is crazy cheap, but the 12-2 and 14-4 was pretty expensive, but running wires is so difficult afterwards (relative to how hard you THINK it should be).

  2. creede on April 25th, 2007 5:43 am

    Thanks for the advice Chad.

    We passes the power to panel inspection! Yeah! Unfortunately the yahoo didn’t call me so I could let him in for the rough electrical inspection :( so he will have to come back today for that.

  3. Chad on April 25th, 2007 7:36 pm

    What did the panel/meter upgrade cost for labor? We need to get our service updated, and the quotes we’re getting seem really high.

  4. creede on April 26th, 2007 5:35 am

    Its going to cost up a little over $1500. A big part of that cost is materials though. Our breaker panel is about 60′ feet away from our service panel, and the wire to connect the two is a couple dollars a foot. Ouch.

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