Electrical sparks and condo
So on Sunday night I got home, and I was going to put the washer in so I can get some clothes done. Well it had an old switch and so I wanted to replace it with a new one, and put copper wiring in, etc. I turned the circuit off, pulled the hot (black) wire. And then I was pulling the neutral (white) wire off and it started sparking like crazy and glowing orange like it was about to catch on fire. It scared the crap outta me. I decided to call it a night since it was like 1am. I shut the circuit down for the night.
Monday morning I got up, to fix that electrical and found a smorgasbord of problems. I dismantled a circuit and found that there were wires that were hot that should not be. Something was definitely WRONG. My friend, Ben came over to help out since he's done a lot of electrical work at his house. We ended up spening almost all day on this. Thomas came over mid-day because we were going to go put the baseboards up at the condo. Well we never made it over there on Monday because the electrical took too long. We DID figure it out though. Check out the picture of the one box that was causing the problem!
Today I wanted to finish replacing two switches that we didnt get to on Monday, wanted to get the baseboards put up at the condo, get the faucets pulled, and hook up the washer and dryer. Well I got two and a half out of three done. I did the electrical work on the switches. It wasn't too bad. Had to fix 2 sets of three-way switches, and got a timer switch installed for the front light. I got the washer hooked up, but when I went to hook up the dryer, I found that the outlet in the wall is a 3-prong 240 volt, and the plug from the dryer is a newer 4 prong. I have to buy either an adapter, or a new cord for the dryer. Bummer.
Then I went to work on the condo baseboards. I started doing them and got a couple done and then Ben came over and we went to a seminar by a real estate attorney. It was pretty good. All about how to protect your assets. Good info. Need to do that eventually/soon.
The seminar lasted longer than I thought and it was too late to run the saw. I had wanted to finish the baseboards tonight but no luck. I decided to pull the faucets instead since that was quiet. Not too bad.
I stopped to buy some claw clippers for the cats since their claws are out of control!! I bought some and apparently Sundae doesn't like them because she was hissing up a fit! I finally got her to lay still and I finished her claws. And NO it wasn't because I was cutting them too short. I cut them all the time. She was just being pissy.
So tomorrow... I have a doctor appt at 10am. Then team lunch at 11:45ish... and then it's KNOCK OUT THE CONDO time. I am going to finish the baseboards, install the thresholds, wipe down and paint the trim throughout the condo. That should leave just general cleanup over there. Oh, and I need to buy that dryer cord. Yeah, being able to do laundry would be nice!
I'm out! It's LATE!
This is what we dealt with Monday. This one box had like 24 wires inside it. It took some figuring out to get it right, that's for sure.
The baseboards!
A wider shot.
The sink, without the fancy faucets.
The new bulbs I put in the chandelier. They are the natural light kind. They make the whole place look brighter.
I replaced the showerhead and took our fancy one for the house.
And a shot of the other sink sans faucet.
Read the rest of this post - CLICK here!
Monday morning I got up, to fix that electrical and found a smorgasbord of problems. I dismantled a circuit and found that there were wires that were hot that should not be. Something was definitely WRONG. My friend, Ben came over to help out since he's done a lot of electrical work at his house. We ended up spening almost all day on this. Thomas came over mid-day because we were going to go put the baseboards up at the condo. Well we never made it over there on Monday because the electrical took too long. We DID figure it out though. Check out the picture of the one box that was causing the problem!
Today I wanted to finish replacing two switches that we didnt get to on Monday, wanted to get the baseboards put up at the condo, get the faucets pulled, and hook up the washer and dryer. Well I got two and a half out of three done. I did the electrical work on the switches. It wasn't too bad. Had to fix 2 sets of three-way switches, and got a timer switch installed for the front light. I got the washer hooked up, but when I went to hook up the dryer, I found that the outlet in the wall is a 3-prong 240 volt, and the plug from the dryer is a newer 4 prong. I have to buy either an adapter, or a new cord for the dryer. Bummer.
Then I went to work on the condo baseboards. I started doing them and got a couple done and then Ben came over and we went to a seminar by a real estate attorney. It was pretty good. All about how to protect your assets. Good info. Need to do that eventually/soon.
The seminar lasted longer than I thought and it was too late to run the saw. I had wanted to finish the baseboards tonight but no luck. I decided to pull the faucets instead since that was quiet. Not too bad.
I stopped to buy some claw clippers for the cats since their claws are out of control!! I bought some and apparently Sundae doesn't like them because she was hissing up a fit! I finally got her to lay still and I finished her claws. And NO it wasn't because I was cutting them too short. I cut them all the time. She was just being pissy.
So tomorrow... I have a doctor appt at 10am. Then team lunch at 11:45ish... and then it's KNOCK OUT THE CONDO time. I am going to finish the baseboards, install the thresholds, wipe down and paint the trim throughout the condo. That should leave just general cleanup over there. Oh, and I need to buy that dryer cord. Yeah, being able to do laundry would be nice!
I'm out! It's LATE!
This is what we dealt with Monday. This one box had like 24 wires inside it. It took some figuring out to get it right, that's for sure.
The baseboards!
A wider shot.
The sink, without the fancy faucets.
The new bulbs I put in the chandelier. They are the natural light kind. They make the whole place look brighter.
I replaced the showerhead and took our fancy one for the house.
And a shot of the other sink sans faucet.
Read the rest of this post - CLICK here!
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