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VIDEO SERIES: How To Install Conduit, Wiring, and Light Switches

Electrician Brian Walo lays out conduit, organizes work boxes, and installs single-pole and 3-way switches in Fine Homebuilding's Project House garage workshop

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Video Series: Workshop Conduit, Wiring, and Light Switches
Watch electrician Brian Walo lay out, cut, and connect conduit; run and organize wires in electrical work boxes; and install single-pole and 3-way switches for Fine Homebuilding's Project House garage workshop
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      Rough-electrical wiring is arguably the most important and often the most challenging aspect of converting a garage into a workshop. In this Fine Homebuilding Project House video series, licensed electrician Brian Walo demonstrates methods for clean, organized, professional work as he wires our garage shop. Brian starts with the basics of working with conduit, including layout, cutting, assembly and running wire. Before adding any switches or outlets, he shows us how to sort and organize multiple wires inside an electrical box. Then he gives step-by-step instructions for installing a simple single-pole light switch. Finally, Brian tackles the often perplexing three-way lighting circuit, giving a clear explanation about how to make the correct connections among the power feed, the lights and the three-way switches. Brian’s approach to wiring is efficient and methodical, and his experience will help you to get these electrical details right the first time.

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      Videos in the Series

      • VIDEO SERIES: How To Install Conduit, Wiring, and Light Switches

        Electrician Brian Walo lays out conduit, organizes work boxes, and installs single-pole and 3-way switches in Fine Homebuilding's Project House garage workshop

      • How To Lay Out, Measure, and Cut Electrical Conduit

        Electrician Brian Walo demonstrates the preliminary steps for protecting exposed wiring with electrical metallic tubing (EMT).

      • How To Connect and Fasten Down Electrical Conduit

        Learn techniques for making up fittings and securely strapping EMT to concrete and wood surfaces before running wires through it.

      • How To Run Wires in Electrical Conduit

        Fishing heavy-gauge wire through thin tubing can be challenging. Electrician Brian Walo offers some tips for making the job a little easier.

      • How to Work Efficiently in an Electrical Box, Part 1

        After running and labeling all of the wires for your lighting circuits, it's time to organize them in the switch boxes.

      • How to Work Efficiently in an Electrical Box, Part 2

        Once non-metallic sheathed cables are pulled into a box and stripped, it's time to organize the hot, neutral, and ground wires.

      • How to Work Efficiently in an Electrical Box, Part 3

        After wires are organized in a switch box, it's time to bundle and label them so you know what's what when you come back to install the switches.

      • How to Install a Single-Pole Light Switch

        Learn how to cut, strip, and connect the ground, neutral, and hot wires for a basic light circuit.

      • How to Install a 3-Way Light Switch, Part 1

        Get an overview of how a 3-way switch functions, and learn how to connect the first of two required switches in a 3-way circuit.

      • How to Install a 3-Way Light Switch, Part 2

        Electrician Brian Walo organizes wires in a work box and connects them to the second of two switches that complete a 3-way circuit.

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      Rough-electrical wiring is arguably the most important and often the most challenging aspect of converting a garage into a workshop. In this Fine Homebuilding Project House video series, licensed electrician Brian Walo demonstrates methods for clean, organized, professional work as he wires our garage shop. Brian starts with the basics of working with conduit, including layout, cutting, assembly and running wire. Before adding any switches or outlets, he shows us how to sort and organize… More about this Video Series

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