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Photos from our electrical work, with captions on what is visible. Several show installations in progress with covers off; they are not pictures of finished, energized systems.

Rough-in wiring

The stage between framing and drywall. Cable routing, box placement and support spacing are set here, and this is what the inspector sees before the walls close.

Open ceiling joists with electrical cables run along the framing to an octagon box, flexible duct nearby — In progressCeiling rough-in: cables run along the joists and secured to an octagon box before drywall. Shown in progress.

Bundle of yellow electrical cables stapled along wooden roof trusses — In progressHome runs bundled and stapled along the trusses on their way back to the panel. Shown in progress.

Cathedral ceiling trusses with recessed light housings mounted between them and a scaffold below — In progressRecessed light housings set between the trusses of a cathedral ceiling before insulation. Shown in progress.

Wood stud wall with metal conduit runs and blue switch boxes mounted at switch height — In progressConduit and device boxes set on a stud wall, with runs dropped to switch height. Shown in progress.

Steel-stud commercial wall with an open panel enclosure during rough-in; cables bundled into the panel, scissor lift in the background — In progressCommercial rough-in: panel enclosure set in a steel-stud wall with branch cables bundled and labelled before the tub is wired. Shown in progress.

Panels

A tidy panel is not decoration. Conductors dressed to the sides and a complete directory mean the next fault can be isolated in minutes.

Residential breaker panel with the cover removed, showing two columns of breakers and yellow branch-circuit cables entering from the top — Cover removedBreaker panel with the cover off. Branch circuits enter through the top; neutrals and grounds land on the bars at each side. The cover is removed for inspection work only.

Open residential breaker panel with handwritten circuit labels beside each breaker and conductors dressed to each side — A panel with every breaker labelled. Labels like these are what make a later fault easy to isolate.

Hand holding a clamp meter reading 2.92 on a conductor inside a control panel with a transformer and contactors — DiagnosticClamp meter on a conductor inside a control panel. Reading current under load is how an overload is confirmed rather than guessed.

Rooftop disconnects and distribution

Commercial rooftop equipment is fed through disconnect switches so each unit can be isolated for service. These photos follow one installation from the strut-mounted bank to the terminations inside.

Rooftop bank of grey disconnect switches mounted on strut against a brick wall and blue sky, with a wireway below — During installationRooftop disconnect switches on strut, with the wireway that feeds them below. Photographed during installation.

Open rooftop wireway with black conductors routed between disconnect switches — During installationThe wireway open: conductors from the feeder routed to each disconnect. Covers go back on once terminations are checked.

Close view of an open rooftop wireway showing conductor routing to disconnect switches — During installationCloser view of the same wireway and conductor routing.

Three rooftop disconnect switches with doors open, showing red fuse blocks and handles — During installationDisconnects open for termination and torque checks. Shown in progress, not energized for service.

Inside a disconnect switch enclosure: red handle mechanism, line and load terminals and the wiring label — During installationInside a disconnect: line terminals at the top, load terminals below, bonding to the enclosure at left.

Close view of conductors terminated inside a disconnect switch, with the red operating handle on the right — During installationTerminations inside a disconnect before the cover is closed.

More recent work

Panels, commercial distribution and a few of the smaller jobs that make up a normal week.

Large residential breaker panel with the cover off, labelled cables entering from the top and conductors dressed neatly to both sides, a GFCI receptacle mounted beside it — Cover removedPanel with the cover off: every cable labelled where it enters, neutrals and grounds dressed to the bars.

Interior of a large breaker panel with two full columns of breakers, green circuit labels and red and white conductors dressed to the sides — Cover removedFully loaded panel with every circuit labelled and conductors dressed to the sides.

Parallel EMT conduit runs on a concrete block wall, bending overhead into two panel enclosures below — In progressConduit runs on a block wall, feeding two panels below. Bends made on site.

Commercial electrical room with a bank of motor starters and disconnects on a wall, a transformer below and a panel to the left — Electrical room: starters, disconnects and a dry-type transformer.

Stainless steel electrical enclosures with conduit entering from above in an unfinished commercial space — In progressStainless enclosures roughed in on a new commercial build.

Plywood backboard with a wireway, a disconnect switch and conduit during a commercial rough-in — In progressService backboard going in: wireway, disconnect and conduit before the panels.

Hand holding a receptacle being wired to stranded red, white and green conductors in a metal box — In progressTerminating a device on stranded conductors in a metal box.

Wall-mounted EV charger with coiled cable in an underground parking spot, with a disconnect box above and a yellow bollard in front — EV charger in an underground parking spot, with its own disconnect and a bollard for protection.

Grey breaker panel with the cover on and a printed circuit directory, feeder cables entering from the top on a plywood backboard — Panel with the cover on and a typed directory. This is what a finished panel should look like from the outside.

New white panel cover mounted in a wall with the drywall cut back around it and the panel schedule paperwork tucked in the top — In progressReplacement panel in place with the cover on; drywall around the opening still to be patched.

Open breaker panel with two columns of breakers, red and black conductors and a dusty enclosure — Cover removedCover off for inspection. Older panel with mixed breaker ages.

Extension ladder in a two-storey foyer under a newly hung orbital LED pendant light — In progressHanging a pendant in a two-storey foyer. The ladder is the hard part.

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