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Being Thankful For Light (and other stuff)


The lights are on, and I’m almost home!
The supply and return grills are all done, and I’ve called the HVAC contractor to hopefuly have him come out Monday and install the thermostats, check the units and see if they are indeed, ready to power up.

With 10 dimmer channels, I think I should be able to […]

Let There Be Light… I HOPE!


Another Red Letter Day!!!
Looks I did did indeed make today’s service connection schedule!!!
WOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
I’ve already run down and triple checked that ALL the breakers are OFF!
When they make the connection, I’ll go through each circuit that I am authorized to energize - lights and dirty power receptacles and check each circuit for faults. Provided that […]

Another One Bites the Dust!


WOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOO!!
We passed the final electrical!!
The building business is still pretty slow in the area, so, it might be worth trying to get temporary power.
I headed down to the inspections department to see if I could make that happen… I picked up the application for Temporary Power.
Since I pulled my own permits, and the water […]

Better Ever, Than Never


Oooooof!
I know it’s been awhile since an update, but that doesn’t mean I haven’t been doing things… Just the opposite…
Too busy to really post!
Since the last post, I finished putting up the cherry in the control room. I must admit, I’m quite pleased with the beauty of the wood.
I’ve also finished off the vast majority […]

An Unwelcome House Guest


Here in the southeastern US, we’ve all had a fairly un-fun time this week with Ida coming to visit.
We’ve had at least 6 inches of rain, and probably more.
My rain gauge holds 10 inches, but it fell over due to winds, and I only saw about 3″ in the gauge at the time. My Mother-in-Law […]

Looking At It From All The Angles


WOW…
BUSY weekend!
G’cubed flew down from New Jersey, Friday… to kick my butt in gear, and see how much we can get done, and 3 of the guys from Hot Politics were able to kick in a few hours yesterday morning!!
When the guys showed up, we started moving all the “extra” stuff we could get out […]