Day 24 March 10

As usual, after church we hit up the hardware store for supplies for today’s work. When we got back, I got to work on wiring the dinette switches we had wired the night before, while David got to work on Paul’s prep. He cut the holes for the vents and some of the ducting going through drywall, and then a whole in the back of the closet that the wiring will run from the inside to the outside to power the AC unit. Paul’s partner, Mark, dropped off the correct wiring for the furnace the day before, so that went in next. While the first time it wasn’t all too difficult, it was especially easy with David there the second time. We go it wired, as well as pulled the second wire through the whole David cut that will lead to the outside.

We had picked up wire for the range as well a junction box because we were using the existing line to the range. The holes were already drilled so all that was left was to wire it. I was on that task while David was planning out the connections for the 3-way switches. Talk about difficult, try fitting 6-3 gauge wire into a 3/8” wire clamp at a 90 degree angle. It ended up working out all right, I just had to strip the outer plastic and string each wire at a time. At this point David was upstairs removing some of the outlets that were going to need moved or else they would be covered by the ducting. We were able to pull the wire out so we could use it once all the ducting is in. By this point we had to leave for a hockey game, but we were pleased with what we were able to accomplish for the day.