Red Wired
How to Wire a House
Bill Lutz, a licensed electrician who owns Generation 3 Electric in Philadelphia, shares his thoughts on being an electrician:
I’m proud to be an electrician. It has taken me years to learn the skills that I use every day to repair or add in my client’s homes. I know how to run new wires to the right spot to control a light. I know which outlet box to run my wires too if I need to add something to a circuit. I know that one junction box may not have a neutral or you can’t feed an outlet off another box because the power to it is switched. I know when to match a black with a white wire. I understand what the red wire is used for. I also think that all of this will change in the near future.
Computer technology is advancing and taking over every aspect of our lives. You can already buy light switches that have microchips built into them. They can receive signals from other devices and control the lights in your home. Groups of lights can work as one to create moods. For example, I like to use my iPhone to control the lights in my house and create modes. A three way remote control switch can be added to a circuit without even adding wires. Ceiling fans come with remote so you can control them from your bed.
The way we currently wire a home is labor intensive and not very flexible. In the future, houses may become less complicated to wiring. The difference could be in how we control the devices on our homes electrical system. Microchip controlled switches will become cheap enough that they could be incorporated into every light. That would get rid of complicated wiring circuits such as three-way circuits and switch legs. All every light would need would be a simple feed. That is just a black, white and a ground. So simple, anyone could add new circuits.
The same thing would be true at the locations where you would want to control your lighting. Instead of light switches in each room, you would have control panels powered with simple feeds. These panels would use your house network to control the switches built into each light. You would be able to tell each control panel to act whatever way you wanted it to act. Every panel could be a time, a dimmer, and a mood setter. They could also work other parts of the house like the radio or drapes.
All this will affect how we wire a house. The physical wiring will be greatly simplified. All you will have to know is the correct wire size and how to match black and white wires to each other. All the skills and trick I have learned over the year will become obsolete. It looks like I will have to start to learn to program so I will be ready for the future of home wiring.
About the Author
Bill Lutz is a writer for Yodle, a business directory and online advertising company. Find a Electrical Expert or more Electrician articles at Yodle Consumer Guide. How to Wire a House
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