Cob: electrical

[Amanda Peck]

In some areas--not mine--your local electric company has guidelines for 
general wiring, usually free, you don't have to tell them that you aren't 
going to be on the grid.  But if you--or the people who buy it way on down 
the line--ever might want to be on the grid, the house will have to have an 
electrical inspection, might as well do it right to start with.

And sometime early in the planning process it would be worthwhile to talk to 
an electrician.  If you don't you could get--UGLY--conduit on the surface, 
indoors and out.  If you're planning a fairly substantial earthen plaster, 
conduit can be buried in that, wires run as needed.  I'd put  in a GFI, 
although  GFI's can be a source of what are called phantom loads.  Some 
places have ended up with a dozen of them, which in the original propaganda 
were not required.  And there's something else required by some codes.  I'd 
trust myself to do all the plumbing before I'd do the wiring.

You DON'T want to lose your house to an electrical fire.

Been there, done that. (even if it wasn't unsafe wiring on my part)

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Mary Hooper wants to know:

Will someone tell me something about installing electrical systems. Do the
wires go outside the wall or are they embedded? that sort of thing. I have
not bought a how-to book yet. This interests me as my honey would not put an
outlet in the basement (concrete floor) bathroom unless it had a ground
fault interrupter.
The solar panels have to connect to inside somehow. Maybe it's wired like a
"regular" house?
thanks
Mary

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