Friday, July 3, 2015. Links and image links to articles. Life as a Residential Electrician. A Job description explaining the expectations of a Residential Electrician. The 5 Stages of Residential Electrical Construction. How Electricians are scheduled into the overall construction of a house. The Electrical Rough in of a new house. Installing the electrical system before sheet rock is applied.

Tools and Equipment Used by Residential Electricians. Wednesday, July 1, 2015. Tools and Equipment Used by Residential Electricians. If you are beginning your first day as a Residential Electrician. You will need to show up with a minimum of 10 tools;. An apron or tool belt with 2 separate bags, lineman pliers, straight tip. The 2 best habits to prevent loosing tools are;. Often rookies will set their tools down somewhere else like a on a .

Wednesday, July 1, 2015. The first step to nailing up electrical boxes, for new residential wiring, is to choose the correct box. Electrical boxes come in various styles, materials, sizes and shapes. It is easy to become overwhelmed with choices. Here are just 6 different styles of boxes, with different material and volume sizes but all of which are the same shape, in this case; a single gang.

Wednesday, July 1, 2015. Electrical Rough In work can bring you to a hillside cabin in the woods OR . To an expensive mansion with 24 foot ceilings. See the finished cabin on. The Rough In Stage has. Electrical locations are marked on the studs and floors.

Basic and Dead End 4 Ways. 2 Wire 4 Wire and Light Fed 4 Ways. Wednesday, July 1, 2015. 4 Way Switch Wiring Methods. If you only need one switch to control a light, then you would use a single pole switch. If you need 2 switches to control a light then you would use two 3way switches. If you need three switches to control a light then you would use two 3ways with one 4way. If you still need more switches just add 4ways. Need six switches? Use two 3ways with four 4ways.