Electric box project

We have a shed on our lot, and it was obvious that it had had power and water at some point (we think that there had been a washer and dryer in it in the past). Carl got the power working a few weeks ago...

... but the wire that ran over there from the pedestal (the one coming from the upper hole) was pretty ragged looking. The lower wires are associated with the cable TV.

The wire had never been encased in conduit; it only had the protective insulation that would be around a wire for use outside. The insulation on the part that had been buried in the ground was in pretty good shape, but the part exposed to the sun had totally disintegrated.

Carl had gotten conduit to install...

... he took the front covers off the pedestal and figured out which wires went to the circuit breaker for the shed.

The conduit that we got was a little larger than the hole through the pedestal, so Carl used a drill with a reamer bit to increase the diameter of the hole a little (from 1/2" to 3/4"). We had thought about going back to Home Depot and getting 1/2" conduit, but we're glad we didn't because pulling the wires through the 3/4" was challenging enough!

Closing up the front cover on the pedestal.

New conduit installed on the back of the pedestal

Wow! That looks so much better... and safer!

We were going to get some work done on the landscaping of our lot, so we wanted to get this task completed before the workers came to move gravel around on the lot.