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Wiring the Victorian Home
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" You should be just about finished up with -- I ever get the -- over there yeah and so the entire distribution of wires throughout the house is coming together down here in the basement. I love the way they just pop right through they've they've the joists and and then this is the central control of that work that's right it's called the service entrance and did not fully adheres all the world -- circuits -- And this is where we that you said to bring them. House and normally the homeowner some Syrian have to deal with a circuit breaker when something goes. I've missed a word out of the stage yet where you're. You're up putting in -- what what are these caulk is it called in neutral from hands what they do is -- and we think we've been grounds under the sparked. Bob met -- and the other -- that we see here. Dangling around the yard well as in lay terms -- call the hot wires and we have here is we have a different gauges of water. And as you can see just this. Is quite -- nick went up here and this is the dryer valid and necessary in the locker room that's correct and as opposed to work there. Their wires and those are general lighting. Wires out in numbers correspond to the agents. -- this this is a -- agent is a thirty amp circuit OK use this year is any. Fourteen -- of fourteen -- yeah it's a -- in -- so the higher -- number the -- the wires that -- that's correct and does it look a little used throughout the rooms in terms of blood on the walls and record the lights -- you know generally. But what about in the kitchen reporting in toasters or your kitchen requires more than demands and what we have is a thicker gauge public is -- twelve -- and twelve were allows us twenty camps. -- And that's required in the kitchen and also in your laundry room for your -- all right of course you can't finish these up. Just yet right now until you have the circuits that's correct after one quick question -- can a homeowner do this himself for you have to bring in a licensed electrician well homeowner can can't -- his -- house. And he can not he can do that with a -- But he has to have an inspection all the work -- all the electrical work has to be inspected so as long -- before you liven it -- you get it inspected by your -- inspector if you are allowed to do all of this right that's correct correct."