Wow, that was a huge task. It's a good thing you have a lot of knowledge about electricity . Im sure Ginny is thankful you can do all that work. Great job.
When I built my house in SC years ago, I installed lights in the crawl space. I was taught that in trade school back in the 1960’s. Good practice IMHO.
Nice! It sure makes a difference, not having to drag a work light all over. As a bonus, you can do a visual scan to be sure nothing is lurking in the darkness before going in.
I worked at Lowes for 3 years. We would lose so much wire to theft that I'm not surprised it's all locked up now. You can't stop them from walking out and there's basically no punishment for retail theft, so this was the likely the only viable option.
The cost of wire is very high now. When I got my house it was $50-60 for 250 foot of wire, the contractor that helped me told me to buy as much as possible at that price. By the time I finished wiring the house it was already $90 a roll.
There is something satisfying about work that is done neat and tidy, even if it is not seen. Loved the green T shirt, looks so comfortable and allows arm movement. Thanks for another great video!
Sorry you had to go under the house Mike, but I enjoyed revisiting the Electrical Box. I appreciate the hard work you put in to keep your house safe. Jeanie is there to help when needed, and does a great job with the camera. Wax on, Wax off! 🥰🥰
A removable sheet metal enclosure at the bottom of the breaker panel that extends down to the bottom of the rim joist would solve your full conduit issue. Just remove the conduit and route the cables from the bottom of the panel through holes drilled through the rim joist, and then cover with an enclosure.
Always a pleasure to watch what you do. The thought of electrical wiring, even the fact you can do it yourself, is anathema to me. So good to know people can actually do it themselves if they have the knowledge. Greetings from NZ, where we are over-regulated. Nobody is allowed to do all this, it has to be done by a registered electrician, with no guarantee even they will get it right. Kudos, and aren't you glad you live in America?
There is a lot that we can do here. We have to follow the building codes but there is very little that homeowners can't do. That said, I've seen some really sketchy work that homeowners have done!
Dude was too funny in this episode. The Award-winner was, "I feel like I'm hitching up a team here." I had to play it back a couple of times! Tooooo FUNNY! LOL
How wonderful that you are so confident with electrical stuff. Maybe I should steer one of the grandchildren into that field lol. Thanks for another great video 😊
You know how it is here in the PNW... the ocassional frog here and there! ☺️ Gun shot from your nightly drive by... 🙄 (St. Johns/Minnehaha area) Hugs you two💖 Jeanie's smile is so contageous!
Knowing that my knowledge of anything electric, and the fact I live in England, is non existent I find it fascinating to watch you moving wires, cables, climbing under your house and generally updating the houses system. I have a question - why do you not just use just one box outside and get ride of the old one? Here in the UK the system is so different to yours and all wiring goes via one ‘consumer’ unit with fuse cartridges . I enjoy watching you both and always wait to see what you are doing with anticipation.
Hi Julia....great question! If you go back a year or so you can see the episode that cover the electrical updating. In a nutshell, the utility company ran a new underground line to our house. I installed a new meter box and breaker panel. To avoid interrupting the electric power for too long, I ran power from the new panel back to the old one just to get the house back online without delay. Over time we have been moving the circuits off of the old panel over to the new panel. Eventually the old panel will be able to come out. Thanks for watching!
As you populate that new panel, try and keep the amp load balanced on each leg of the incoming power. Adding another conduit is a good idea since it looks like that existing one is overloaded already. Also, I may be incorrect here, but I do believe you cannot use a bare EGC (Equipment Grounding Conductor) as the neutral on your furnace circuit.
I didn't realize you could wax outdoor electrical boxes. We got a new box several years ago and I was also sad to see it get faded so we will have to try waxing it. Good tip! I bet your hands were sore after all that work with the electrical work, Mike. I hope you have recovered! Have a good week, friends!
Hi Jennifer! This is actually the first time I've ever waxed an electrical panel, but it worked out pretty well. Let us know what happens when you rub some TurtleWax on there. :-)
Mike, what a blessing it is that you know enough n you’re safe enough to do electrical work. I was quite impressed I really enjoyed this video. I learn a few things too but I’m still going to call for an electrician or you. Curious here. You like everything nice looking like polishing up the electrical panel but you forgot about that big green area on the house LOL. Just for curiosity is there a reason why? Love hearing the cicadas. Yes, they can be loud but it brings back memories to me as a child. ♥️♥️😊👍👍🌟
Funny you should ask about the paint patch. I was just thinking about that the other day. I made a homebrew batch of paint a long while back and I used the wrong kind of linseed oil. It went rancid and moldy, turning it black. I've had to wait a long time for it to finish molding before I can fix it. I hope to revisit the subject in the near future.
I understand when you don't have the right tools to do a simple job. I just moved into my newly constructed home and I decided to save myself about $500.00 and put the cabinet handles on my solid wood cabinet. I had to order the drill bits and handles. I even bought a jig to do the perfect job. Well the jig was a piece of 💩, anyway a plain piece of masking tape and a measuring tape was all I really needed but it took a lot of measuring, and measuring again before drilling into my nice cabinets. Then there were a couple of handles that where the screw goes the manufacturer made them 1-2mm off so then I had to fudge the hole a bit and struggle to get them to fit, but I eventually did.
I have a heat pump with AC and your compressor still looks HUGE compared to mine. Yours is only meant to be doing half your house, mine is doing my entire house. WOW, your homemade linseed oil paint concoction REALLY did not work That area looks awful in a very short period of time. Commercial paint, backed up by decades of company research, sure looks like a better choice.
We were shocked by how quickly the green patch turned black. We've done a bunch of research into what happened and there is a good explanation. We now know what went wrong and what we should have done differently, which we'll talk about soon. It is possible to make homebrew historic paint.
I always love seeing that entrance. It really is so warm and cheery. Glad you’re getting some essentials into this beautiful home.
I have to agree with you. One of the things I love about the South is how it smells. So sweet with flowers.
We once passed by a long row of Magnolias.......Oh man.....
Mike great job,Jeanie great assistant.👍
Thank you! :-)
I have watched all your videos started late but went back to first one. Good job. Mike would make a great teacher
Thank you Jewella! We make videos because y'all have kept watching them for a long time.
Wow, that was a huge task. It's a good thing you have a lot of knowledge about electricity . Im sure Ginny is thankful you can do all that work. Great job.
She is very thankful. :-)
Great work Mike. Very interesting. Love to genie. Lisa xx❤❤❤
Well done! One more thing checked off + a safer electrical box! Those cicadas cause quite a constant racket for sure!
Yes! so exciting!
When I built my house in SC years ago, I installed lights in the crawl space. I was taught that in trade school back in the 1960’s. Good practice IMHO.
Nice! It sure makes a difference, not having to drag a work light all over. As a bonus, you can do a visual scan to be sure nothing is lurking in the darkness before going in.
My husband waxes everything. 😂🤪😂 I have solar lights we’ve had for years. He waxes the tops when they get cloudy. Works like a charm
Great! That may be the reason they are still working after all these years. :-)
1:19 theft has gotten so bad, especially in the last couple of years.
Can’t wait to see the new unit installed.
I worked at Lowes for 3 years. We would lose so much wire to theft that I'm not surprised it's all locked up now. You can't stop them from walking out and there's basically no punishment for retail theft, so this was the likely the only viable option.
That makes sense, given the inflation of copper lately.
The cost of wire is very high now. When I got my house it was $50-60 for 250 foot of wire, the contractor that helped me told me to buy as much as possible at that price. By the time I finished wiring the house it was already $90 a roll.
There is something satisfying about work that is done neat and tidy, even if it is not seen. Loved the green T shirt, looks so comfortable and allows arm movement. Thanks for another great video!
Sorry you had to go under the house Mike, but I enjoyed revisiting the Electrical Box. I appreciate the hard work you put in to keep your house safe. Jeanie is there to help when needed, and does a great job with the camera. Wax on, Wax off! 🥰🥰
I dream of the day when 100% of the electric circuits are modern.
A removable sheet metal enclosure at the bottom of the breaker panel that extends down to the bottom of the rim joist would solve your full conduit issue. Just remove the conduit and route the cables from the bottom of the panel through holes drilled through the rim joist, and then cover with an enclosure.
We may have to do something like that in the future. My giant conduit isn't as big as I thought it was.
Always a pleasure to watch what you do. The thought of electrical wiring, even the fact you can do it yourself, is anathema to me. So good to know people can actually do it themselves if they have the knowledge. Greetings from NZ, where we are over-regulated. Nobody is allowed to do all this, it has to be done by a registered electrician, with no guarantee even they will get it right. Kudos, and aren't you glad you live in America?
There is a lot that we can do here. We have to follow the building codes but there is very little that homeowners can't do. That said, I've seen some really sketchy work that homeowners have done!
Another great video
Thanks!
Dude was too funny in this episode. The Award-winner was, "I feel like I'm hitching up a team here." I had to play it back a couple of times! Tooooo FUNNY! LOL
Lol! Thanks for watching!
Everything neat and tidy, and waxed! Could barely hear you over the insect orchestra. LOL
While editing the video I noticed that no matter how much time had elapsed between scenes, the cicada noise is absolutely the same.
We should throw a party when the sub panel is fully migrated over to the new panel. 🎉
This could take a while... ;-)
Awesome work Mike. Prep is always important to move forward with a project.
Thank you for sharing with all of us. Take care and stay safe.
Thank you! Sometimes the prep work is harder than the actual project.
How wonderful that you are so confident with electrical stuff. Maybe I should steer one of the grandchildren into that field lol. Thanks for another great video 😊
I hear that electric trades are a great career these days. One of them might enjoy learning it!
Impressive work - Thanks for the education!
Glad you enjoyed it! We like to take a like extra time to talk about what we are doing.
You know how it is here in the PNW... the ocassional frog here and there! ☺️
Gun shot from your nightly drive by... 🙄
(St. Johns/Minnehaha area)
Hugs you two💖
Jeanie's smile is so contageous!
Thank you!
Oh yeah....no cicadas out west. I do recall quiet country nights with the windows open and the gentle sound of crickets in the darkness. 💖
@@1834RestorationHouse
Yes, crickets too ☺️💖
Have a great weekend, lovelies🌞
Knowing that my knowledge of anything electric, and the fact I live in England, is non existent I find it fascinating to watch you moving wires, cables, climbing under your house and generally updating the houses system. I have a question - why do you not just use just one box outside and get ride of the old one? Here in the UK the system is so different to yours and all wiring goes via one ‘consumer’ unit with fuse cartridges . I enjoy watching you both and always wait to see what you are doing with anticipation.
Hi Julia....great question! If you go back a year or so you can see the episode that cover the electrical updating. In a nutshell, the utility company ran a new underground line to our house. I installed a new meter box and breaker panel. To avoid interrupting the electric power for too long, I ran power from the new panel back to the old one just to get the house back online without delay. Over time we have been moving the circuits off of the old panel over to the new panel. Eventually the old panel will be able to come out. Thanks for watching!
Sorry about your head, great job.
Thanks! I should have seen that one coming.
As you populate that new panel, try and keep the amp load balanced on each leg of the incoming power. Adding another conduit is a good idea since it looks like that existing one is overloaded already. Also, I may be incorrect here, but I do believe you cannot use a bare EGC (Equipment Grounding Conductor) as the neutral on your furnace circuit.
I hope it passes inspection because of it being residential.
💙 Close those metal doors next time. 🤕 Auch!
Will do!!
Gave your pound of flesh to today’s project.
Ouch! :-)
I didn't realize you could wax outdoor electrical boxes. We got a new box several years ago and I was also sad to see it get faded so we will have to try waxing it. Good tip! I bet your hands were sore after all that work with the electrical work, Mike. I hope you have recovered! Have a good week, friends!
Hi Jennifer! This is actually the first time I've ever waxed an electrical panel, but it worked out pretty well. Let us know what happens when you rub some TurtleWax on there. :-)
My wife always says that it's not one of my projects till I put some blood and tears on it, mostly blood.
We can relate!
Mike, what a blessing it is that you know enough n you’re safe enough to do electrical work. I was quite impressed I really enjoyed this video. I learn a few things too but I’m still going to call for an electrician or you.
Curious here. You like everything nice looking like polishing up the electrical panel but you forgot about that big green area on the house LOL. Just for curiosity is there a reason why?
Love hearing the cicadas. Yes, they can be loud but it brings back memories to me as a child. ♥️♥️😊👍👍🌟
Funny you should ask about the paint patch. I was just thinking about that the other day. I made a homebrew batch of paint a long while back and I used the wrong kind of linseed oil. It went rancid and moldy, turning it black. I've had to wait a long time for it to finish molding before I can fix it. I hope to revisit the subject in the near future.
@@1834RestorationHouse That’s why I enjoy your videos. You try to do the right thing n making your own paint, bravo to you. ♥️😊👍👏👏
Are you enjoying the constant noise?😂
It's not too bad.
Noisy in NC.
Yes! They're everywhere in the region.
Should be a breeze
Excellent ❤
Thanks 😊
I understand when you don't have the right tools to do a simple job. I just moved into my newly constructed home and I decided to save myself about $500.00 and put the cabinet handles on my solid wood cabinet. I had to order the drill bits and handles. I even bought a jig to do the perfect job. Well the jig was a piece of 💩, anyway a plain piece of masking tape and a measuring tape was all I really needed but it took a lot of measuring, and measuring again before drilling into my nice cabinets. Then there were a couple of handles that where the screw goes the manufacturer made them 1-2mm off so then I had to fudge the hole a bit and struggle to get them to fit, but I eventually did.
That was a good bit of work you did there! I understand very well the terror of drilling into a pristine piece of wood.
Not too noisy in Lexington sc, just some humming.
Nice! It's not really too bad here. Our audio processors tend to boost the cicada sound a bit.
Mike it's so nice that you and Jeannie can work so well together, some couples can't do that! The locust are deafening!!!😂😂😂
@@jillwilson9482 We've worked on a lot of projects together in the past 20 years!
I have a heat pump with AC and your compressor still looks HUGE compared to mine. Yours is only meant to be doing half your house, mine is doing my entire house.
WOW, your homemade linseed oil paint concoction REALLY did not work That area looks awful in a very short period of time. Commercial paint, backed up by decades of company research, sure looks like a better choice.
We were shocked by how quickly the green patch turned black. We've done a bunch of research into what happened and there is a good explanation. We now know what went wrong and what we should have done differently, which we'll talk about soon. It is possible to make homebrew historic paint.