Project #5, Part 1: complete
well, part one of the electric project is done, although it almost wasn't to be. it rained a lot overnight and this morning ... at about 7:45 Cinergy called Jim and told him they
weren't going to disconnect us because it was raining. what?!? all they have to do is snip 3 wires. after discussing with a few people, he finally came up with the real reason ... the union agreement says they don't have to work in the rain, so they didn't want to. unions, hmph. we got to the house and as we pulled in a Cinergy guy drove up. he hadn't heard that we had been talked to already, but came out to tell us he wasn't going to be doing it. we talked to him ... and eventually Jim had him convinced to do it (but no guarantee of a re-hookup later). good thing too, with Jim coming this far ... that would have been such a waste to not get it all done. thanks Cinergy guy.so, with that emergency behind we dove in. Jim got the old disconnect and meter base down while i ran a couple errands. shortly thereafter, the new disconnect and meter base were up. the old panel came down ... the new
went up ... we were doing well. we took a lunch break and i ran to Menards to pick up the new main service wire and a few more supplies. it took forever ... we only had about an hour til the inspector was supposed to show up and we hadn't even run the new service wire. so we double-timed it ... only to have the inspector show up 1/2 hr early. turns out ... his inspection lasted all of about 25 seconds ... didn't even care that we weren't done, didn't even look at the panel inside. whew! uh oh ... what if Cinergy responds really quick to his reconnect call and comes to hook it up before we're done? back to double-speed. at 2:59 (1 minute before the original inspection time) that last connection was made. about 4:00 Cinergy had us back in power (we were always wondering if they would actually show or not ... esp since it was after 3:00 when their workers get off work ... 3:00??). we did a few last items ... and some planning for Sat ... then headed home.after cleaning up and Chrissy was home from work, we went and got dinner at Barley Island ... mmm.
then we closed down Lowe's gathering more supplies for tomorrow. wow, we've bought a LOT of electrical "stuff" the past 2 days! this includes, a new chandelier for the dining room ... a light for the sunroom and mudroom ... and all new lights for the basement. anyway, we got today's mission accomplished and are hoping for a restful night's sleep to begin again tomorrow morning (inside wiring updates). word on the street is that my dad and brother Dave are leaving at 5am to get down here. yikes! i didn't know there was a 5 other than p.m. unless you get there by not sleeping.Pictures - Top: Jim hooking up new meter base; Middle: partially hooked up new electric panel; Bottom: completed exterior portion
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