More Lights

A few more wiring messes around the barnyard needed to be cleaned up before winter hits. Having a nice day in November back home, today was the day to do so.

Two or three years ago we ran this wire to and from various points around the corrals. This far north electrical point in the back shed, was to serve as a junction point for the rest of the yard. 

First up was to mount a breaker box. 

Then connect the main feed from the barn and the two circuit breakers that feed our accessories.

Muy bien. 

Then connect the feed line more positively inside the barn. 

Better. 

While we were at it, we wired in the saddle room. This line was already buried over here a few years back. We just trenched it a bit more to the building's new location, 4' from where it once was. 

Then got to wiring. 

Running low on supplies, we found a good junction box in the barn that had been disregarded. 

Dad cleaned it up nice. The main line comes into this outlet and then a new line goes out to power the lights. 

For that, we found an abandoned fixture in the back shed. 

A bit dirty, but should work. 

Just set the box.

And wire in the switch. 

Which fed the new/old light socket. 

Which energized the light bulb and lit up our saddle room!

Good stuff. It's nice to complete projects that have been in the works for years. Having no loose ends is great, not that there's not more to be done. But putting final touches on wiring projects sure beats the days of setting brace posts. Besides, lighting up the saddle room for the first time ever, is a big day on the ranch! I think this is a good stopping point for projects around the corrals this year. Let's see what else we can find to do. Ranch on.