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Wiring a Thermostat

Bob meets Steve Bradley, the electrician, who is "snaking" a thermostat wire in a wall for the air conditioning that's been added. The old thermostat wire didn't have enough conductors, so a new one had to be added. Steve is also installing a wind speed indicator.
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Wiring a Thermostat

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" Well let's get started with Steve Bradley our electrician. And Steve I understand you've got. A snaking project underway and while we're snaking new thermostat wire for the air conditioning unit that's an added. Honest as the original thermostat cable for the heating unit but there's not enough conductors in the wire yeah -- originally the homeowner only going to have heating obviously in many designers which at air conditioning so this cable's not good enough but that's correct. My assistant Chris has in the basement he's a twenty foot snake that looks similar to this as -- like this case. Sent up school all of the -- Underneath this wall in -- trying to catch the snake with this fan and that's -- okay and if Chris shakes the wire Chris can you shake the wire placed. Not yet come right by this box. Going -- it -- yeah. And dreading it that it the other wires coming in between the studs. -- idea the wallboard. -- K Chris I think I got can you feed it up a little bit. Vila -- great of that is into the snake and now you're just tired idea. The new wire to it and we strip the end of the alliance slip in through this little -- Well that can twist around. And we want to tape it up to make sure the line of -- the wall that's right the most important tip. Because you don't want to have to keeps you know pushing that snake through that we got lucky this time yet. So I understand you're connecting a wind speed indicator up for the homeowner could we take a look at that -- let Chris pull some down. That's going to kick you ought to fault. Yeah ally understand Paul the homeowner is an avid board sailor and he wanted a gadget that would let him know when the wind picked up that looks pretty complicated -- This one that measures the temperature it. Through a temperature and humidity sensor monologue particular house -- above that -- on it what right it is still wind speed indicator antagonistic to traditional little recount of -- that's right it also has and aerodynamic. -- that measures the direction of the wind by your leaving enough men they can calculate the windshield this want to calculate the wind chill automatically would show you wind -- it measures the rain far out on the rain is measured in this. This black canister the rain comes in to the canister it's mounted on a flat level surface outside. When the rain comes into the bucket. It activates this pendulum back up. Applause so each time it fills one of these -- half cups the weight of the Rainwater tips it over and it makes a contact and that's how it measures. The amount of rainfall that's correct heat. -- that went -- that if they're on the pressure barometric pressure humidity yet and the dew point amazing probably costs an arm and a leg I'll have to ask him. It finished. Next week will be plant write everything by next okay thanks state."

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