{"id":13637,"date":"2012-04-05T15:43:58","date_gmt":"2012-04-05T21:43:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/?p=13637"},"modified":"2016-09-17T20:59:55","modified_gmt":"2016-09-17T17:59:55","slug":"new-120v-and-12v-outlet-reveals-plus-progress-in-the-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/new-120v-and-12v-outlet-reveals-plus-progress-in-the-study\/","title":{"rendered":"New 120V and 12V Outlet Reveals (Plus Progress in the Study)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s the new undercabinet 120V outlet that I installed the replace the original one.<\/p>\n

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I had to put in a new one since the RV-type outlet would not allow me to directly power an outlet from it. Croft said that my options were to pigtail or to install a house-type outlet that would let me add on. He recommended going with the second option since it involved fewer connections, so I did as he said. No, I would not jump off a bridge if Croft told me to, but in electrical matters I am happy to defer to him. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Here’s the new outlet that I installed behind my desk (paint looks blotchy because it’s still wet!):<\/p>\n

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Yes, the box is meant to be painted. It’s not invisible, but having the wiring hidden in a raceway painted to match the wall makes the whole thing look much better.<\/p>\n

Next up is what looks like a terrible painting job. In my defense, this is an area that you can’t see unless you crouch directly underneath the window, so I didn’t feel that it was worth the effort to get in there with a small brush. Here’s the new 12V outlet:<\/p>\n

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As you can sort of see, I brought both the 12V and the 120 wiring through a hole in the cabinet behind the valance. The 12V outlet is wired to a nearby light. I selected this location because a) I already had a hole there, b) I had 12V wiring I could tie into, and c) this location allows me to plug in my 12V blanket it and use it both while sitting at the desk or lying on the bunk.<\/p>\n

This afternoon, I also moved the former bar, now cabinet, for the third and last time!!! I have finally found its rightful place and I am sure I will be using it a lot more now:<\/p>\n

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It’s now on the wall to the right of the entrance, opposite the vanity in the dressing room and fits perfectly. Locating it there was a real DOH moment for me!<\/p>\n

Moving the cabinet freed up the wall space at the foot of the bed and so I finally put up the final piece of artwork that I have been lugging around for almost four years wrapped in a towel and unwilling to give up even though I seemingly had no space for it:<\/p>\n

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It is a picture of the Egyptian goddesses Isis (winged) and Hathor (head dress) on payprus. I bought this print at the Luxor in Las Vegas and somehow got it back undamaged to Gatineau, where I had it framed.<\/p>\n

Finally, I don’t have any good paint comparison shots, but this should give you an idea of how superior the new paint is over the old paint:<\/p>\n

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The new paint is a bit lighter and has an eggshell finish rather than the super glossy finish of the old paint. I like both colours equally, but the lighter green is wonderfully fresh, and this paint job isn’t full of mistakes since I bought a gallon and was able to do four coats (with half a gallon left!) instead of squeezing in a single coat out of a quart!<\/p>\n

Tomorrow, I will get started on a bit of carpentry and priming and may even do some more painting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here’s the new undercabinet 120V outlet that I installed the replace the original one. I had to put in a new one since the RV-type outlet would not allow me to directly power an outlet from it. Croft said that my options were to pigtail or to install a house-type outlet that would let me […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1041,632,6,1226,635,5,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alberta","category-canada","category-homemaking","category-lethbridge","category-north-america","category-rving","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13637"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13637\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}