75 now done many things been to many places, but still find this young man teaches me things i must have missed, or maybe i am just ready to listen. but he talks lot of sense. about life not the job lol but thats ok as well.
Thank you for the basics and explaining everything for us beginners. To see this installation with a real-life example helped me understand it better. Amazing job!
Not bad man! I want to shine some light on a couple things however to hopefully help you out for and and the future. Love your videos especially the ones with AL. I myself love the simplicity of the lifestyle your living and myself am trying to get to something similar. The conduit especially over the shower is extremely dangerous with 120volts. DC it wouldn't be such an issue but 120v plus water/steam/vapor it is. You need to take that fixture out and install a wet location rated on with a gasket instead just to be safe. The rest of the exposed EMT is fine but over the shower I DEFINITELY would have not ran EMT again in a wet location. EMT also will rust. If you do decide to keep it up invest in grounding stingers and bond/ground all the EMT you ran. It's just a green wire/ground with a green screw that attached to each junction box and you tie those to the ground in the circuit. That way if someone should happen, it's got a path to earth instead of you and you get dead. Running Romex inside EMT opposed to THHN isn't typical but it will work but again bond all the EMT conduit. You don't want that energized especially in a shower.. Again by bonding the EMT any fault will default to ground. This you want. - GFCI -Ground stingers(Bond boxes and EMT) -moister type bath fixture with gasket Something else is a GFCI wouldn't be a bad idea either on that circuit again being a wet location. It's extremely dangerous how you now have it. You can use a GFCI receptacle or they make a device that's just the GFCI protection you install similar to a GFI receptacle does the exact same thing. It's for your safety in water/wet areas. All that conduit by design is a EXCELLENT conductor so any leakage it WILL energize. Installing everything on one circuit will bite you in the future. Your going to need more circuits down the road. Especially if you do like AL and want a bigger power system with battery bank and solar/transfer switch. One circuit will only do so much and the gen your currently using is only 13.5 amps. That's very minimal juice. You can even run 12/3 or 14/3 15 or 20aml while you in there for exactly this. Just have the option for a little more $$ upfront. Even a bigger gen with multiple circuits you would highly benefit from. Again especially solar with battery banks and gen with transfer switch. Best of luck to you man. I'm going to continue to watch and if you have any electrical questions I will try to answer also. If you keep the EMT running into the shower again I HIGHLY recommend ground stingers and a GFCI (atleast in that bathroom) with a mositer proof fixture. The rest In the kitchen and upstairs fan will be fine.
I love how simply you think. That's just like me but unfortunately it's not the best way of doing things. We built a camper van and I had to learn about 12v, solar, charging, shore power and charging via shore power as well as a DC to DC charger. What struck me whilst watching this was you said you didn't understand breaker boxes, yet I think a breaker box would be perfect for you. You could have your generator hooked up to it and then a circuit for the cabin lights, a circuit for the outlets and then run it over to the garage and have a circuit for lights and then another one for your outlets in there. That way you wouldn't need to keep moving the generator or batteries around. It would just connect to one place and you could use either. No plugging and unplugging. EDIT: I should have waited before I commented as you have both hooked up to the same thing. If you not going to use a breaker box, perhaps consider some inline fuses.
IS IT CLEAN.... I DON'T KNOW ITS TO DARK TO SEE...., TWO DAYS LATER, HOT DAMN! YEAH THATS CLEAN CAUSE I CAN SEE NOW LMAO. GREAT VIDEO AND HIGHLEY ENTERTAINING.
Thanks for showing us the ropes, you've been a big help interesting watch looks super , Let there be light. You're so talented and definitely have been blessed with confidence to try things yourself and you save money doing it. Well done !.
Honestly you should try and get some multi wire couplers. Search "12 gauge wire wago" for example. You can couple more then just 2... and it will create an overview if you ever have to redo the wiring.
Have you looked at wago connectors for connecting wires....? Plus wago connector boxs. I have not used them yet, but they look good, and look easier to use.
You really need a control panel with at least 2 fuses for the lights and for sockets in case of a short or something. Also grounding is very important for safety...
I redid all of the wiring in my 70 year old house. Here in Chicago we are required to use conduit, was a heck of a learning experience bending conduit in my basement. I went the same route as you in my garage and just ran the conduit on the outside of the wall as the wiring inside the walls was of questionable design.
I’m assuming you have figured out that you can’t have the inverter plugged in at the same time you’re running the generator. And also that the black cord and its exposed male end in the garage you are using to feed the cabin from the inverter will be hot when the generator is running. Its male end will have 120vac on it whenever the generator is running. You should probably at least put in a switch that will disconnect the inverter feed plug from the rest of the circuit when you are running the generator and buy a female cord end to plug the end into and cover it when you have it unplugged from the inverter. Otherwise, great work!
You have a beautiful cabin you do beautiful work and Are not mothers one of the greatest assets😊 always willing to lend a helping hand to their children 😊😊
When are you going to finish your firewood shed? That way it will keep all your wood dry and not wet. I’ve seen where you started it but no more episodes have come across it. It’s good if he I’m here can stay off grid for a long time that’s why you need to finish your Wood shed? I hope to see it in the new future from Jodie from Burpengary Queensland Australia, so you can get your road off the deck and only have a little bit on the deck cause that was started a fire. You don’t want that all the hard work you’ve done.
It may be functional but sure is an eyesore. Why didnt you remove all that trim and small section of wall board whatever it may be drywall or plywood. Seams will be rehidden behind the trim. Id rather have low voltage wiring for the led's run down the beam/ joists. No need for conduit.
I hate to tell you, but you’ve created a fire hazard with this wiring system, and being in the forest is not a good combination. You could overheat the wires, especially those closest to the power source. The good news is that it’s never too late to do it right. Install a breaker box with proper circuit branches to the various parts of the cabin. You can still connect your generator and turn off breakers to limit usage to certain zones to avoid overloading the generator. This will also future-proof your cabin. You never know when someone may come along and install a bigger generator or solar system that might overload your existing system. I’m not an electrician but know some basics. I hope you don’t take my comments as negative; I wish you success. You have corrected some of the previous mistakes and, I’ve enjoyed watching your videos. Good luck!
Both the generator and inverter have breakers on the supply so he can’t really overload the wiring. A distribution panel would be nice to have but he hasn’t really created any overload risk.
If anyone wanted to upgrade the system everything will have to be rewired main line from power source to breaker box then branch off from the box to each circuit,,and in attic spaces he doesn't have to screw holes and put the wire threw the stud only walls that will be closed in on both sides just have to be strapped or stapled ,as long as he stays with that small generator he's fine but he will not be able to upgrade without rewireing everything back to a breaker box
Your wiring is giving me a headache 😅 and I’m not an electrician. Still good job though. Your explanation is reasonable. Just remember, If you ever want to upgrade your generator, you seriously need to consider rewiring the whole cabin and installing a breaker box. And in the garage a transfer switch for grid aka generator to transfer to e battery backup system😊
top marks for effort and trying but i know you've said your not a electrician but id highly recommend you get one - 1st off ...... no circuit breakers anywhere and your using metal conduct which is not earthed then your looping your lighting into your power points all of which is huge no no's
You should not put your generator under your cabin because the carbon monoxide will kill you//// It is heavier than air. This is no joke as I had a friend that did that and it killed him.
75 now done many things been to many places, but still find this young man teaches me things i must have missed, or maybe i am just ready to listen. but he talks lot of sense. about life not the job lol but thats ok as well.
I’m personally journeyman assistant and I think ur work looks really nice I must say this upgrade is really neat
Looking great 👍🏻
You are so talented . It’s good to know how to do things yourself. Saves a lot of money. I’m so happy for you and Julia , sweet couple.
Not beating you up. Just trying to help you. 15 year Journeyman electrician here. Looks good
Enjoy watching, Keep up the good work.❤❤
I look forward to Sunday because of you. Ty for doing what you do.
Thank you for the basics and explaining everything for us beginners. To see this installation with a real-life example helped me understand it better. Amazing job!
Your cabin is looking great!
Not bad man! I want to shine some light on a couple things however to hopefully help you out for and and the future. Love your videos especially the ones with AL. I myself love the simplicity of the lifestyle your living and myself am trying to get to something similar.
The conduit especially over the shower is extremely dangerous with 120volts. DC it wouldn't be such an issue but 120v plus water/steam/vapor it is. You need to take that fixture out and install a wet location rated on with a gasket instead just to be safe. The rest of the exposed EMT is fine but over the shower I DEFINITELY would have not ran EMT again in a wet location. EMT also will rust. If you do decide to keep it up invest in grounding stingers and bond/ground all the EMT you ran. It's just a green wire/ground with a green screw that attached to each junction box and you tie those to the ground in the circuit. That way if someone should happen, it's got a path to earth instead of you and you get dead. Running Romex inside EMT opposed to THHN isn't typical but it will work but again bond all the EMT conduit. You don't want that energized especially in a shower.. Again by bonding the EMT any fault will default to ground. This you want.
- GFCI
-Ground stingers(Bond boxes and EMT)
-moister type bath fixture with gasket
Something else is a GFCI wouldn't be a bad idea either on that circuit again being a wet location. It's extremely dangerous how you now have it. You can use a GFCI receptacle or they make a device that's just the GFCI protection you install similar to a GFI receptacle does the exact same thing. It's for your safety in water/wet areas. All that conduit by design is a EXCELLENT conductor so any leakage it WILL energize.
Installing everything on one circuit will bite you in the future. Your going to need more circuits down the road. Especially if you do like AL and want a bigger power system with battery bank and solar/transfer switch. One circuit will only do so much and the gen your currently using is only 13.5 amps. That's very minimal juice. You can even run 12/3 or 14/3 15 or 20aml while you in there for exactly this. Just have the option for a little more $$ upfront. Even a bigger gen with multiple circuits you would highly benefit from. Again especially solar with battery banks and gen with transfer switch.
Best of luck to you man. I'm going to continue to watch and if you have any electrical questions I will try to answer also.
If you keep the EMT running into the shower again I HIGHLY recommend ground stingers and a GFCI (atleast in that bathroom) with a mositer proof fixture. The rest In the kitchen and upstairs fan will be fine.
I love how simply you think. That's just like me but unfortunately it's not the best way of doing things. We built a camper van and I had to learn about 12v, solar, charging, shore power and charging via shore power as well as a DC to DC charger. What struck me whilst watching this was you said you didn't understand breaker boxes, yet I think a breaker box would be perfect for you. You could have your generator hooked up to it and then a circuit for the cabin lights, a circuit for the outlets and then run it over to the garage and have a circuit for lights and then another one for your outlets in there. That way you wouldn't need to keep moving the generator or batteries around. It would just connect to one place and you could use either. No plugging and unplugging.
EDIT: I should have waited before I commented as you have both hooked up to the same thing. If you not going to use a breaker box, perhaps consider some inline fuses.
IS IT CLEAN.... I DON'T KNOW ITS TO DARK TO SEE...., TWO DAYS LATER, HOT DAMN! YEAH THATS CLEAN CAUSE I CAN SEE NOW LMAO. GREAT VIDEO AND HIGHLEY ENTERTAINING.
Thanks for showing us the ropes, you've been a big help interesting watch looks super , Let there be light. You're so talented and definitely have been blessed with confidence to try things yourself and you save money doing it. Well done !.
Hello,Im from the UK, Lve in the country,virtually off grid going through the same process re you re elec supply. Great stuff. Duncan
This looks dope. Good Job
Thank you for teaching simply and straight to the point 🙏 you have helped me so much
THE Harry Potter room would make a awesome dog house. Beautiful place
You are an inspiration!!! Thank you.
Thank you this is very informative I really needed this information thanks a lot bro💜
I WOULD LOVE TO BUY YOUR CABIN, IT'S PERFECT‼️‼️ Vinny 🇺🇸
Excellent video. Learned alot
Honestly you should try and get some multi wire couplers. Search "12 gauge wire wago" for example. You can couple more then just 2... and it will create an overview if you ever have to redo the wiring.
Have you looked at wago connectors for connecting wires....?
Plus wago connector boxs.
I have not used them yet, but they look good, and look easier to use.
You really need a control panel with at least 2 fuses for the lights and for sockets in case of a short or something. Also grounding is very important for safety...
You could have used a product called "Wire Mold" for running the NMB inside. Its much more attractive than using EMT. Its low profile and paintable.
I redid all of the wiring in my 70 year old house. Here in Chicago we are required to use conduit, was a heck of a learning experience bending conduit in my basement. I went the same route as you in my garage and just ran the conduit on the outside of the wall as the wiring inside the walls was of questionable design.
I’m assuming you have figured out that you can’t have the inverter plugged in at the same time you’re running the generator. And also that the black cord and its exposed male end in the garage you are using to feed the cabin from the inverter will be hot when the generator is running. Its male end will have 120vac on it whenever the generator is running.
You should probably at least put in a switch that will disconnect the inverter feed plug from the rest of the circuit when you are running the generator and buy a female cord end to plug the end into and cover it when you have it unplugged from the inverter.
Otherwise, great work!
You have a beautiful cabin you do beautiful work and Are not mothers one of the greatest assets😊 always willing to lend a helping hand to their children 😊😊
I haven’t read the comments. But is there a link for that fan.. I like it. And what size fan blade is that..
If u need to bend pipe u fill it full of sand heat. It at he bend point and bend it around some thing iw a coffee can werks
When are you going to finish your firewood shed? That way it will keep all your wood dry and not wet. I’ve seen where you started it but no more episodes have come across it. It’s good if he I’m here can stay off grid for a long time that’s why you need to finish your Wood shed? I hope to see it in the new future from Jodie from Burpengary Queensland Australia, so you can get your road off the deck and only have a little bit on the deck cause that was started a fire. You don’t want that all the hard work you’ve done.
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How long does your generator produce power for?
Nice explanations. The conduit is ugly; pulling wires isn't that hard. The two boxes (one above the other) over the bar are frightening.
how long till we can rent
Maybe you could have bought BX wire cheaper than conduit and the wire you bought ??
It may be functional but sure is an eyesore. Why didnt you remove all that trim and small section of wall board whatever it may be drywall or plywood. Seams will be rehidden behind the trim. Id rather have low voltage wiring for the led's run down the beam/ joists. No need for conduit.
I hate to tell you, but you’ve created a fire hazard with this wiring system, and being in the forest is not a good combination. You could overheat the wires, especially those closest to the power source. The good news is that it’s never too late to do it right. Install a breaker box with proper circuit branches to the various parts of the cabin. You can still connect your generator and turn off breakers to limit usage to certain zones to avoid overloading the generator. This will also future-proof your cabin. You never know when someone may come along and install a bigger generator or solar system that might overload your existing system. I’m not an electrician but know some basics. I hope you don’t take my comments as negative; I wish you success. You have corrected some of the previous mistakes and, I’ve enjoyed watching your videos. Good luck!
Both the generator and inverter have breakers on the supply so he can’t really overload the wiring. A distribution panel would be nice to have but he hasn’t really created any overload risk.
If anyone wanted to upgrade the system everything will have to be rewired main line from power source to breaker box then branch off from the box to each circuit,,and in attic spaces he doesn't have to screw holes and put the wire threw the stud only walls that will be closed in on both sides just have to be strapped or stapled ,as long as he stays with that small generator he's fine but he will not be able to upgrade without rewireing everything back to a breaker box
Brother, do you have fire insurance on your cabin?
If so, when the insurance company see this video, you wont have fire insurance.
(in most states) you're actually not breaking code because it's not tied into the grid.
Your wiring is giving me a headache 😅 and I’m not an electrician. Still good job though. Your explanation is reasonable. Just remember, If you ever want to upgrade your generator, you seriously need to consider rewiring the whole cabin and installing a breaker box. And in the garage a transfer switch for grid aka generator to transfer to e battery backup system😊
top marks for effort and trying but i know you've said your not a electrician but id highly recommend you get one - 1st off ...... no circuit breakers anywhere and your using metal conduct which is not earthed then your looping your lighting into your power points all of which is huge no no's
No GFCI in tge bathroom? Shouldnt the shower light be ina water proof box. I just dont want your shower to be a shocking experience
Turn down your volume so we can hear what’s happening
Did you get permission from the HOA?
You should not put your generator under your cabin because the carbon monoxide will kill you//// It is heavier than air. This is no joke as I had a friend that did that and it killed him.
You have a wireing nightmare and hopefully ur runing heavy wires cuz u have it all on one circuit
Who are your neighbors?