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 .

5 Stages of Residential Electrical Construction. Wednesday, July 1, 2015. 5 Stages of Residential Electrical Construction. As a Residential Electrician, it is helpful to understand how a house is built. And the timing of when you are expected to begin. Observe a new house under construction. Builders divide the construction process into 2 phases;.

Wednesday, July 1, 2015. As mentioned in Residential Electricity 101. The basic idea of the Drilling step is to provide a pathway for all the wiring that you will be running throughout the house. Not only electrical wires but also low voltage wiring for door bells, garage doors, phone and TV coax. Begin drilling when everything is nailed in place. Items like a wire or a plumbing pipe.

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.

Dead End and Radical S3. 2 wire and Light Fed S3. 3 Way Switch Wiring Methods. S3 is the blueprint symbol for 3 way switches. If you are trying to fix a 3 way circuit that is already wired but not working properly,. Go to the Fix P.

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.

Light Fed S1 and Switched Receps. Wednesday, July 1, 2015. Single Pole Switch Wiring Methods. This is the most simple and common method of wiring a single pole switch. Basic single pole switch c.