2nd day of work.

When I got my wire and and the light boxes I was able to finish my project. First I put the light boxes in place then I measured out were they went on the board. Once I was finished with the holes I put the plywood on for good. Then from here I started to wire the dimer switch side. From there I made sure that side worked. After that was all wired I went to the other side and wired up the 3 ways switches. (these are switches that make it so you can switch a light on somewhere and turn it off in a different place.)from there I wired the light to these switches. After all this is done all my wiring was done and it was done. All I have to do is now is paint it.

On the first day I started to build I worked on the wall. I built the frame for my project. I put the studs in as well at this point. The frame came to 4' by 4'. It was put together with 2''x 4''. The studs were 16'' on center from the edge of the frame. Once I got the frame together I started to put the outlet boxes were they needed to be. I was able to get all the boxes on the first day but the light boxes because the ones I got were to small for my lights. Once the boxes were on I cut a peace of plywood to 4' by 4' so it can go on to the front of it acting like the wall. At this point s started measuring out were the boxes were on the frame so I could cut the holes in the plywood. Once all the holes were drawn on the plywood I started to cut them out. Once the were cut out the holes all lined up to put the boards on. At this point I did all I could do.

I changed my project for my capstone. Instead of me designing a passive house I am wiring up a lights and switches on a scale model of a wall. This wall is going to be 4' by 4' with studs 16'' from the edges. On one side i am wiring up a dimer switch which is wired to a light. On the other side I am going to put a 3 way switch witch will be to a light. On the bottom I am putting a outlet on each side. And for the power I am putting all the wires to one spot and they will be attached to a male outlet.

Wiring

Outline

Today I worked on my outline andd turned it in. I got feed back from Mis. Butler and she told me my out line should flow different. So Now im looking at resources for my paper and making a better outline with a different flow. Im also working on my articles. i have two picked out its just the matter of doing it now.

Thesis Statement

I finished my thesis statement. With energy becoming a problem in the design-build industry, there needs to be a new solution that uses less energy. One consideration that could be used is the Passive House. This type of house is a well-insulated, air-tight home that is heated by solar gain energy, people and electrical equipment.