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I just finished rewiring my climbing wall lights and outlets by myself. The first time an engineer friend wired it for me and I thought I remembered how to wire it up. I spent five hours the other night putting in wiring, conduit, boxes, fittings, lights and all that stuff. I did it by myself so I had to run up and down the ladders to the breaker box a bunch of times before the lights finally came on. The problem was they wouldn't turn off. So...yesterday I rewired my rewiring and discovered how to make a circuit, with a switch - eventually it worked and now I have lights and outlets. I admire anybody who does this for a living.

I don't know, like any trade if you get the basics down and think about everything a few times before you do something it's not too bad. That being said, I can't figure out why the power to my garage is gone

Wiring is fun. It's like a puzzle. Just follow the steps and you get it right every time.

it was pretty cool linking all the plastic parts in a chain and trying to get it all right. havent glued everything yet because i'm not sure if it's too cold out for the glue to hold well enough. everything is under the roof though so it's pretty watertight.

Loose wires cause fires. Make sure that your wire nuts are tight. Also, glue will do just fine in these temps.

Glue cures better when the temp is above 50 degrees. Give it extra time in cold weather, try to keep it from freezing before it fully cures.

black to brass, white to silver, switch the hot wire,
what are you gluing? screws and clamps are nice.

Wrap your wirenuts with tape, too.

My cousin is a licensed electrician so anytime it's more complicated than installing a light fixture or GFI or replacing a switch, I call him.

Electricity bites.

use wirenuts filled with dielectric grease if the wires have any chance whatsoever of getting moist

Good one. I'll pack that away for future use.

I put dielectric grease on all my chassis connections on my car, like taillights, plasma things, strobe lights. You know, the regular stuff.