" -Now you should be just about finished up with all these, huh?"

" -Oh yeah, we're we've got the panel tied in over there"

" -Yeah."

" -And"

" -So the entire distribution of wires throughout the house is coming together down here in the basement."

" -Right."

" -I love the way they just popped right through these joists, and then this is the central control as it were."

" -That's right, this is called the service entrance and what we here is all the branched circuits terminate and this is where we, as you said, the brains of the of the house."

" -Yeah, normally, the homeowner comes here and has to deal with the circuit breaker when something goes amiss, but we're not at the stage yet where you're, you're putting in breakers. What are these called?"

" -These are called the neutrals and what they do is they tie in with the, with the grounds on this part."

" -Okay."

" -And the other wires that we see here dangling around are"

" -Well that's been, in lay terms, what is called the hot wires."

" -Yeah, okay."

" -And what we here is, we have different gauges of wire and as you can see, this is quite a thick one up here."

" -Uh huh."

" -And this is the drier outlet."

" -Okay, so this is gonna be in the laundry room."

" -That's correct, as opposed to our thinner, thinner wires"

" -Uh huh."

" -and those are our general lighting wires."

" -How do the numbers correspond to the gauges?"

" -This, this is a 10-gauge and this is a 30-amp circuit."

" -Okay."

" -This here is a 14 wiring, 14-gauge"

" -Yeah."

" -let's say 15-amp circuit."

" -So the higher the number, the thinner the wires were?"

" -That's correct."

" -And this is what we'll use throughout the rooms in terms of plugs on the walls"

" -Right."

" -and in terms of lights."

" -Right, general wiring."

" -But what about in the kitchen where you're plugging in toasters and stuff."

" -Well, your kitchen requires more of a demand and what we have is a thicker gauge. We call this as the 12 wire, and the 12 wire allows 20 amps of [unk]."

" -Okay."

" -And that's required in the children and also in your laundry room for your washer plug."

" -Alright, of course you can't finish these up just yet right now, so you have this circuit."

" -That's correct, yes."

" -One quick question though, can a home owner do this himself or do you have to bring in a licensed electrician?"

" -Well, a home owner can wire his own house and he can do that with a permit, but has to have an inspection. All the work, all the electrical work has to be inspected."

" -So as long as before you liven it up, you get it inspected by your town inspector. You are allowed to do all of these, correct?"

" -That's correct."

" -Right."