Today's adventure: Lots of switches. And a few outlets.
Michelle is painting the entry and living room. For the entry at least that meant moving from almond-colored switches and such to white. Which is just as well, as a few of the switches were showing their age.
As you can see in the picture, the boxes were sunk into the wall as well. That meant yet another trip to Home Depot for box extenders, but I figured since I had the boxes apart, doing them right was the best thing.
I did get one shock -- working in a switch box I forgot was fed by two breakers.
And I displayed my typical lack of brain in another box -- also fed by two breakers -- when I got frustrated that one of the switches wasn't working until I noticed I hadn't turned the second breaker back on. And I still had the wiring screwed up, since I jiggered with the wiring before I noticed the breaker thing.
I also put in a new light fixture, replacing one that I noticed was broken when I took it down, so also a good thing. The new one:
Got a few shots of Michelle painting, this time in the stairwell:
Everything I know about sketchy scaffolding I learned from Dad and Albert, and applied it here copiously. Note I am not on the scaffold I built -- but it did work, and we'll reassemble things for the second coat tomorrow.
Not to be outdone, Isaac helped me with my breaker wiring diagram:
For those not paying attention, he got his addition from this:
Got to go about 11:02 for the joke. Then pull the plug.
And about 9:46 for the tractor beam joke.
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