The next stage of construction before finishing work is the installation of electrical wires. Wiring in the house includes not only the installation of various kinds of wires, but also the installation of switches, sockets, as well as various circuit breakers.
Switch
The location of the switches, as a rule, should be at a height (from 90 to 140 centimeters) from the floor so that the opening door does not close them, thereby preventing access to them. So before determining the location of the switches, you need to figure out how and in which direction the doors will open. Doing it yourself in the house has several important rules. One of them is that the switch disconnects only the “phase" wire, but not the "zero" wire.
Socket
Today's wiring in the house determines their location from the floor at a height of no more than 30 centimeters. If necessary, install them in large numbers (from three or more) in one place, for example, in the kitchen, an exception is made to the rules, and they are placed in heights of 50 to 80 centimeters. Also for the kitchen there is an exception in the number of outlets, and it is three pieces per 6 m2, for the rest of the rooms - one per m2. It is strictly forbidden to
install outlets away from various devices (gas stove, metal sink, heating radiator, etc.) less than 50 cm. For the bathroom and toilet, there is an isolation transformer that has double insulation and is installed outside these rooms.
Wiring in the house involves the installation of outlets on both sides of the partition using a through hole in them, using a parallel connection.
Wiring
Based on what kind of light source you plan to use (dividing, non-dividing), the type of cable for it is determined, it can be 2 or 3-core. In order to ensure the grounding of all energy consumption devices in your home, it is necessary to use only a 3-core cable for power wiring and sockets. Accordingly, for this you should use sockets with grounding contacts. It is also necessary to remember that the
ground loop is strictly forbidden to connect to any metal structures of the room, to heating radiators. A three-core cable has a color marking for each wire, yellow-blue indicates that this wire is intended for grounding.
Circuit breaker
Wiring in the house also includes the installation of an
electrical panel , which is designed to accommodate circuit breakers. It is imperative to use several circuit breakers that have their own power circuits. They must be separate, in other words, separately for sockets, switches. It is also recommended to have separate circuit breakers for appliances with high power (electric stove, boiler, etc.).
Doing it yourself in an apartment seems like a difficult process, but if you follow the tips and follow all the rules, you can easily succeed.