Panel Progress
Trench Update: Closed
Break in the weather assisted the trench completion
Friday was a chaotic day. After I notice my network line had been hit, I went home for an early lunch to gameplan with the electrician about the next steps. Initially we thought we should just get an in-ground splice kit but none of the suppliers we contacted had a kit available. In 2018 I had purchased a 1000-foot spool of direct-burial cat5e cable and I had a lot of that left. Seemingly most of it. So we both thought it'd be a good idea to drop in a new cable so we can be confident (not a big fan of buried splices). And because I'm a madman and unable to accept inconvenience without benefit, I was like "we have an open trench, I'm gonna double this back and drop in a second cat5e line. For what purpose? Don't know! But redundancy is good and I might need it one day. I get some wild ideas sometimes. If I had fiber optic cable on-hand I would have thrown that in there as well.
While I was preoccupied with the trench and my wires, the other guys on the crew were busy mounting more panels. They're almost done with the shed, and should be moving to the heated shop soon.
When I got back home again I couldn't help myself - I terminated the ends and got my line lit up again. One dead line in the ground but two live wires replaced it. Acceptable scenario.
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Justin