The way you work it's so beautiful! I really like you show those little details on how to unroll wires and bend them in boxes. That's helpful.

Great video! I feel like am a certified assistant to the master electrician now!

"Lineman's" love it

Excellent video, you are a great master electrician!!!.

Thanks so much. Very helpful. Love the tidy work

You are very profesional, like your style 👍🏼 learned a lot, thank you.

Awesome I learned a ton thanks!

Great video

@backinthewoods2022

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks

Very nice man

Thank You so much for this 💗

I was confused for all the layout until the end where your main source was from where you ran all neutrals grounds and then showed your 3 switched hots on top and your 3 hot sources on the bottom. Thanks

I learned a lot from this, thanks! But what accent is this? You sound a lot like Robert Blake from the movie "In Cold Blood." Cool!

@backinthewoods2022

2 жыл бұрын

Wisconsin very specific voice I will have to check that movie out I was thought that dude was a little evil

@CringePanda

2 жыл бұрын

@@backinthewoods2022 hahaha thanks! I think he was a great actor!

Did you do a video on how you wired the generator into this setup? Did you use a generator inlet box? Great video.

@backinthewoods2022

Жыл бұрын

I have since bought a solar generator Jackery and just bring that inside and wired in a appliance cord off one of the outlet boxes and plug it in the generator works good.

I have a cabin similar to this being run on one 110v circuit. I'm thinking about running 220v from the generator to a circuit panel in the cabin and splitting the cabin up using two 110v circuits. What are you're thoughts?

@backinthewoods2022

2 жыл бұрын

Hard to explain in a paragraph but I think it would be easier to just run two separate 20Amp 120volt lines because in the end that’s what your going to end up with. Iam going to assume your generator has just a 30 amp 220volt plug.

You obviously know what you're doing. I'm wondering, do you recommend adding pigtails to the hot wires and neutral wires so that you'll only need one pair of screws on the receptacle instead of using all 4 screws?

@backinthewoods2022

3 жыл бұрын

I myself don’t because it’s another step and have never personally found it necessary but I know a lot of electricians that do. I haven’t had any problems doing it without

@surferdude642

3 жыл бұрын

@@backinthewoods2022 Thank you

Is this the same if you want to set up for solar and generator is the same? Thank you for your video

@backinthewoods2022

Жыл бұрын

If you plug into a inverter it would be yes

Question for you: I am wiring up a micro cabin very similar to what you’ve got there. I will be feeding it with an extension cord. How should I connect the extension cord to the house and do I need a breaker or two? It’s similar to an RV all running off one regular circuit.

@backinthewoods2022

3 жыл бұрын

Two ways I know both are king of “jimmy rigged” One go to your local electric supply house and get a male plug end that is surface mounted. Mount that in a weatherproof box or into the wall through a hole and then mount a weatherproof cover over the top. If your not familiar with all the pieces it’s hard to explain maybe the supply house can help when you tell them what you want to do. That way you plug the cord into the outside wall of the cabin. Or you can cut a 20 amp electric cord feed it through the floor into one of the outlets strip and tie in the cord to the outlet. The male end of the cord sticks out of a home in the floor caulk around it and plug into that. I have done both ways and they work fine. You don’t need any breakers because the whole cabin is running off one 20 amp plug and the generator has over current protection on the plug,’ or should anyway. Hope that helps.

@Awakenedkarolina

3 жыл бұрын

@@backinthewoods2022 Awesome thanks. I really appreciate you taking the time to respond. ❤️

@deirdre444

2 жыл бұрын

@@Awakenedkarolina I think the item he's talking about is called a "flange inlet." It's hard to find them in Lowes and Home Depot stores but they're all over the place on Amazon...weather proof, non-weatherproof, whatever you need.

@Awakenedkarolina

2 жыл бұрын

@@deirdre444 Thanks so much. I ordered one online today.

@deirdre444

2 жыл бұрын

@@Awakenedkarolina :) Happy to help.

I may have missed this: when you run your power wire into the box, which wires do you actually connect to it? My cabin is going to be wired exactly like this.

@theredcabin

2 жыл бұрын

Just rewatched and it makes sense what you did. I forgot you ran that power line with black marker into the box.

@on4acres

2 жыл бұрын

@@theredcabin I missed that at first too but it took a few watches to get it. Makes sense and definitely a simple way to do this. I’m curious if he thinks you could wire up more lights on the same circuit with them all being LED. lastly I’m going to hook this up to a battery generator so it can be in the cabin and will be quiet when it’s on.

@deirdre444

2 жыл бұрын

@@on4acres I love this idea. Will you connect your battery generator to solar panels outside?

@backinthewoods2022

2 жыл бұрын

@@on4acres you can wire more lights if you need them. Look at the watt rating Add all the watts up divide by volts which is 120 that will give you your amps it’s best to stay under 16 amps on a 20 amp circuit if planning to run them for more then 3 hours at a time. That ends up being a lot of led lights you can run.

@on4acres

2 жыл бұрын

@@backinthewoods2022 awesome thanks for that!

Do you need to install a main panel?

@backinthewoods2022

8 ай бұрын

No you don’t because your only running off one circuit.

cant hear video volume too low

@seymourscagnetti1413

3 жыл бұрын

I JUST MUTED IT AND WATCHED. 90% OF Y/T VIDEOS CAN HARDLY BE HEARD. WHAT THE FUCK?

Just put in a 4 circuit panel box using proper generator plug and wire to power system. Way better than this way. Breakers can act as switches.

@backinthewoods2022

2 жыл бұрын

I don’t need more than one circuit for this small of cabin Putting in a panel is extra time and money for nothing in this situation My generator I use does not have 220 volt plug Breakers are not meant to be flipped on and off like a light switch

@Ericbjohnston5150

2 жыл бұрын

@@backinthewoods2022 don't need to run 240. You can use one side of panel. A 4 circuit panel is cheap. And if in future you need another circuit for whatever its ready. I worked in a wharehouse, breakers were used as switches.

@backinthewoods2022

2 жыл бұрын

@@Ericbjohnston5150 then your running essentially one circuit off the generator and splitting it into two but you can’t run your loads like there was two circuits because they will trip at the generator. I assume you mean an 8 circuit panel and you only using one phase. Iam a master electrician with 22 years of experience and have owned my own business for 14 years Iam pretty knowledgeable on this sort of stuff.

@Ericbjohnston5150

2 жыл бұрын

@@backinthewoods2022 exactly use one phase. Or wire like this, if its legal. kzread.info/dash/bejne/f3iCrNaEgpO3ac4.html

@donmiguel1513

Жыл бұрын

@@backinthewoods2022 shut the front door....lol batta boom buddy go home this man is legit.

Thanks for making and sharing that. Watched it a couple times now and feel semi prepared with years of technique backing my first go at it. I am feeling like I may need a fuse box. 16x20 cabin but 2 story and i do plan on having a couple small ac units 5 or 6k btu small fridge micro tv pc. Id like to energize like star trek the cabin with a geny till i have a robust enough solar set up with 5k inverter. Starting off with a 3.5 used ambulance inverter i picked up on offerup. Any advice is appreciated. Your video answered a lot of questions and made me flat out dangerous redneck diy non master....