Cob: electrical

[David Knowlton]

there are good books on home wiring. i rewired my old place using knowledge 
from
books and just a little coaching. no deaths or fires (so far) !

i find wiring easier than all other home maintenance activities. it's like 
doing surgery -
you can't see the bacteria - but they can kill you. so, follow the safety 
rules, don't
rush. it's not tough at all. digging a footer - that's tough!

david in tampa


>From: "Patrick Newberry" <PNewberry at HFHI.org>
>Reply-To: "Patrick Newberry" <PNewberry at HFHI.org>
>To: <coblist at deatech.com>
>Subject: RE: Cob: electrical
>Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2003 09:46:09 -0400
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>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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