Cob: electrical

[joe r dupont]

I would think that incasing wires in cob would minimize any possibility
of fire. THey than remote temp guages too.  aim and get reading .. You
could find your wires under load.

On Wed, 10 Sep 2003 09:46:09 -0400 "Patrick Newberry"
<PNewberry at HFHI.org> writes:
> I have some buired in the cob itself and some in the ceiling. The 
> part that is buired in the cob will remain and if I have problems 
> would just leave it. In all honesty the part that is buired if very 
> unlikely to have problems or catch fire. Most problems occur at 
> junctions or outlets. All wire buired is solid wire, any junctions, 
> the wire comes out of the cob, into a junction box that is 
> accessable and then back in the cob or over to what ever I am 
> wiring.
> 
> Pat 
> www.gypsyfarm.com
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Amanda Peck [mailto:ap615 at hotmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 9:05 AM
> To: coblist at deatech.com
> Subject: Re: Cob: electrical
> 
> 
> In some areas--not mine--your local electric company has guidelines 
> for 
> general wiring, usually free, you don't have to tell them that you 
> aren't 
> going to be on the grid.  But if you--or the people who buy it way 
> on down 
> the line--ever might want to be on the grid, the house will have to 
> have an 
> electrical inspection, might as well do it right to start with.
> 
> And sometime early in the planning process it would be worthwhile to 
> talk to 
> an electrician.  If you don't you could get--UGLY--conduit on the 
> surface, 
> indoors and out.  If you're planning a fairly substantial earthen 
> plaster, 
> conduit can be buried in that, wires run as needed.  I'd put  in a 
> GFI, 
> although  GFI's can be a source of what are called phantom loads.  
> Some 
> places have ended up with a dozen of them, which in the original 
> propaganda 
> were not required.  And there's something else required by some 
> codes.  I'd 
> trust myself to do all the plumbing before I'd do the wiring.
> 
> You DON'T want to lose your house to an electrical fire.
> 
> Been there, done that. (even if it wasn't unsafe wiring on my part)
> 
> ........................
> Mary Hooper wants to know:
> 
> Will someone tell me something about installing electrical systems. 
> Do the
> wires go outside the wall or are they embedded? that sort of thing. 
> I have
> not bought a how-to book yet. This interests me as my honey would 
> not put an
> outlet in the basement (concrete floor) bathroom unless it had a 
> ground
> fault interrupter.
> The solar panels have to connect to inside somehow. Maybe it's wired 
> like a
> "regular" house?
> thanks
> Mary
> 
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