Showing posts with label electricity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label electricity. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Electricity and summertime slow-down...

Hey all!

I  have been working... not so hard on my renovation projects lately. It is hard to stay focused in the summer as there is just so much else going on and it is easy to get distracted. As I am presently working on the basement, it is not a primary living area. That means it is not a priority and tends to be left aside for other more urgent things...
In any case, last week I finally finished up the pot-lights in the ceiling. As previously stated, I have split them on two circuits and didn't do my wiring properly. Three lights were fed in series instead of parallel. That means the power was split between all three lights instead of being split before the lights and having full intensity in each.
I found a useful little tool for planning out your home electricity work: http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/circuit-construction-kit-dc. This saved me many headaches!!!
On to the sub-floor!

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Pot lights!

So I just finished up doing all the wiring for the ceiling! We previously had two light fixtures and I am converting these junction boxes to put in pot lights all over. I am installing a total of 9 halogen pot lights and they are rated at 50W each. I hope it will be enough. In any case, there will be two floor lamps in there too.
Additionally, where the previous lights were on one single circuit, I am splitting these up to put them on two separate dimmers so I can control the three that will be closest to the TV independently. This way, I can dim them if they cause too much glare. Should be nice; I'm really excited to close up the ceiling and put them in!
Do you think this will be enough lighting?