7/10/19
(Above: The now wired breakers within Jacobhouse and a corresponding label list.)
Building Summary: Today I began by connecting all of the black wires to their corresponding breakers* and making a list of those connections. I also attached the oven’s white cable to the neutral bar on the panel box’s right side.
This was followed by my setting up the A/C and then by my tending to more Galvalume shenanigans. These shenanigans included: notching the west-of-toilet panel so it could fit into the crack between toilet-pedestal and wall, cutting a piece of flashing to go around the bathroom’s ventilation fan**, cutting a few small pieces of galvalume to use as hole-concealers to hide the notches I previously made, fastening the west-of-toilet panel in place, beating down the ridge just above the vent-fan so there wasn’t a gaping hole there, and then measuring/cutting/fastening the next piece of galvalume in place (the piece that extends between the pocket doorway and the bathroom closet).
Commentary: Jacobhouse is growing ever closer to having power course through it’s voltaic arteries. The only step that remains is making the ‘pole–to–house’ connection. Seeing as the cables are already connected on the pole-end while the house-end is presently dangling out of the panel box, I would say that the final step shall be one of the simplest.
By way of additional highlights, I finally got to experience an ease-wise benefit of galvalume paneling; that is to say, I found a place where the sheet metal was superior in ease as well as appearance to other sorts of paneling. Indeed, on the inside of Jacobhouse’s bathroom, I was able to bend the galvalume along the angle wall, creating a smooth arc while not requiring any sort of special treatment aside from a little bit of push-power. With other sorts of paneling, I would have been forced to either score or cut the panels to fit them to the angle-wall’s slightly crooked corners… but with the galvalume sheet metal, all I had to do was warp it into place and rivet it in.
Final Note: Tomorrow, I intend to finish covering the interior side of Wall #2 with sheet metal. Note to self: Before performing the fastening portion, I need to figure out the dimensions for the postern side of the LED strip-light and cut that into the metal.
*Alan and Terry Hendrickson arrived yesterday right after I had ventured down to the farm in the afternoon. It was a pleasant and opportune arrival whereupon Alan provided me with all the breakers I needed and Terry showed me how to wire the 50/60 AMP breakers for the oven and the hot water heater. Aside from having larger cables to deal with, wiring the 50/60 AMP breakers appeared to be as simple (conceptually) as wiring the 20 AMP breakers.
** I cut this piece of flashing to camouflage any places where I may have cut the galvalume fan-hole too large. It should also be noted that before fastening the flashing in place, I made certain that I would be able to pull out the fan apparatus if the need ever arose (i.e. future replacements or faulty wiring).