by Ira » Sun Feb 19, 2006 1:01 am
I got a good lesson in toggle switches, but I think now I'm going with a standard switch. (Don't kill me guys, but I hope Radio Shack gives refunds.) Here's what happened today:
Everything went fine--I connected my left daisy chain wires to the panel, attached my porch lamp to the side (that was pretty easy), and fed those wires into the cabin.
Next I attached my ship wheel interior light to the wall, and started playing Ben Franklin with the electricity.
Everything's working fine, interior and exterior, but I still hadn't done the switch for the porch lamp yet. Just wanted to make sure 120 volts are going where they should.
Now, it would seem that what I just mentioned shouldn't have taken 3 hours, but it did. It is simply a BITCH working with these wires in the space that I have. STRIPPING the wires is a bitch too using just my scissors.
So I'm thinking about the toggle switch and think, if that ain't gonna have a box, why don't I just use a standard switch ANYWAY and tape it up real good? Just screw it to the wall and cover with a plate?
Easy enough decision, but because of the size and configuration of of my interior ship wheel lights, I had to move them BACK further than I intended. (Remember, my interior lights are self switched.) In other words, my wires don't come out of the wall at the exact right spot--and the light sits about 8" back from it.
I don't consider this a BIG boo boo on my part, because had I gone with a different light, this wouldn't be a problem.
So since I was tired and had to figure out a way to cosmetically make this work (hide those wires), plus do the final capping and taping of all wires, install the porch switch, and squeeze all of these wires into that little wall cavity and cover with the plate, I figured it wise to wait until tomorrow (Sunday) to finish it.
This is one thing I don't rush.
And oh:
These interior lights--I thought that when I screwed the bulb down into them, it would hold the globe in tight. Negative, and this is gonna be a problem when towing. Those globes are kind of loose, and I'll have to come up with a fix to keep them from clinking around.
Pictures tomorrow.
Here we go again!