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Originally Posted by CRussel
You probably don't want to go there, Stitchawl. Yes, a homeowner can do some wiring. And if (s)he is lucky, it[I] might[/] not cause a fire or electrocute someone. But I have had to clean up from more than one homeowner electrical job. And even where you are, I suspect there are codes. I won't even do electrical work here, since the codes are enough different that I could create a hazard.
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I built my own home in New England many years ago. I went to the Vo-tec and took Adult Ed classes in carpentry, plumbing, and home wiring, then, with the help of a friend who had done it before, put up the shell until it was tight to the weather. After that, just me and my wife to do all the electrical, plumbing and interior walls. We had two separate electrical feeds in every room, with at least six wall sockets, if not eight in each. The bath had 120 and 220 lines with GFCB on them, as did the kitchen. For plumbing, all the incoming pipes were soldered copper, with the lines under the house wrapped in thermostat-controlled heating tapes (to stop freezing pipes in winter.) The out-flow lines were PVC going into a septic tank followed by a dry-well of six 50gal drums buried in crushed gravel which fed a leach field of 50x50.
But... The
only electrical codes for that state at that time (for home wiring) was that the baseboard sockets had to be at least 12" above floor level. Here in Thailand, there is no such thing as building codes that
'must' be followed, only suggestions... Outdoor wiring seen at most intersections around town look like this.... It may explain why so many places burn down.
Late afternoon mug of unbranded Keemun tea as I get my guitar ready for tonight's jam. Have some children of friends from the US visiting in town who will be joining in tonight! Should be fun!
Stitchawl