New Life in the Woods

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Yesterday I was overtaken by exhaustion. I don’t know if I had a bug or what, but shortly after breakfast I became incredibly sleepy and went back to bed. I cracked the window a bit in case it was due to Carbon Monoxide buildup, but I ended up sleeping through most of the day, and then slept all through the night last night. Today I felt better, so who knows?

I went down under the cabin and worked on the electrical system today. I got all of the remaining circuits connected to the circuit breaker, strung the wire for the hot water heater and connected that up to the 220 circuit breakers. I had to redo some of the wiring between that breaker box and the main box because somebody did it wrong at some point in the past. Then I ran a new line to connect up the wiring for the outlets and lights under the cabin and connected that to the breaker box too. It was dark down there and I had to keep the main circuit breakers off while I did all this, so I just worked with a flashlight held between my teeth. All of that took a long time, partly because I kept having to come back inside to find parts or tools.

I expect to finish up the scaffolding tomorrow and get the siding off. I may even be able to start replacing the old copper pipe, but it depends on how long it takes me to get to that point. Once I have the new pipes in, I can turn on the hot water heater and cross my fingers. Actually, the installation on that was very simple, so I am not at all worried that I made any mistakes.

Now that all that wiring is done in the utility closet, I shouldn’t have to mess with it down there again. There’s still a lot to repair in the electrical system inside the house, but that should be much easier and I can do that anytime after the plumbing is done. Clear weather is expected for at least a few more days, so I should be able to finish the plumbing repairs and get the siding back on this week easily (knock on wood).