Diagram electrical wiring – make my own house

Here you'll find home electrical wiring diagrams, wiring photos and many illustrations related to residential wiring. Home wiring consists of a lot of different wire sizes, cables, breakers, switches, and outlets.

We'll take it a step at a time and make residential wiring completely understandable. The most important thing to observe about electrical installations is safety. Never work on energized circuits. It's always a good idea when working on an energized system to put some red electrical tape over the breaker switch when it's in the off position. (Just in case another person animal or such decides to throw the switch while you are working on that circuit)

Home electrical wiring covers a lot of different things such as the breaker box panel, home lighting, appliances and other high voltage electrical systems. Circuit runs and how to use Romex cable for lights and outlets are also included.

It also covers low voltage systems like phone systems, doorbells, computer networks and home security systems as part of the wiring process.

I got my electrical training as an apprentice because I wanted to become an electrician.

Later I learned about electric theory from a technical college as I applied it to telecommunications and residential electrical wiring. I went into electronics training because I was tired of working outside in the harsh weather. My very first job after trade school was a cozy indoor job working on computer networking

communication lines. According to my luck, that same job switched from T1 data lines to satellite wireless systems and I found myself working on the roof tops out in the cold again for another 11 years. Anyway, that's the life of electrical technicians.

From start to finish, I will address the Electrical installation in its many aspects and components, starting with wiring the service entrance.

Then I'll give a breakdown on cables and wiring for a better understanding of how electricity is used. It's also necessary to have a good understanding of breakers and fuses to prevent overloads. Simple lighting circuits are easy to install, yet still need a small level of skill. Complex lighting circuits take a little head-scratching to figure out, but I've made some good diagrams of these.

The big bad boys that need special attention are the dedicated high-voltage circuits. These need to be done correctly.

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Diagram electrical wiring - make my own house