It's A Boring Job

Before the wire is pulled through the conduits from the house to the barn, Jim did a lot of re-doing of the existing power and water lines to make it look neater down there. Then he cleaned up the whole space and put more shelving in, so we could, well, store more things on shelves. 

Conduit has a rope inside that is attached to the wire being pulled through. Jim had the rope attached to the garden tractor, and drove toward the house pulling the rope through a sheave (pronounced shiv), which pulled the wire, lying on the floor, through a hole in the storm cellar, which you can't see because it is in shadow. 

I was in the storm cellar pulling the wire off the reel and making sure it didn't get tangled, kinked or caught on something.

Before Jim went out to pull he put lubricant on the wire, which is a thing evidently, only he didn't put in on all of it and didn't require me to, either, thank goodness.

Four wires bound together.

I'm sure it's terribly interesting to know what the end looks like. 

Too bad I wasn't standing up straight to get a better photo.

I took this to show how big the wires were.

After that was all done, that wire had to be tied in at both ends. 

We are waiting for expert help on that, an electrician. 

After that was all done for the day, we went out north of town to see the Northern Lights. My phone doesn't take nearly as good of photos as everyone else's seems to, but I have two colors. 

It was an awe inspiring sight. It gave me the same sort of thrills I got when seeing a total eclipse. 

There is just something about the majesty of the heavens.