Chapter 1063: The electrical project is completed

The most difficult part of wiring is laying the main lines. The so-called main lines are the two wires, one neutral and one live, after entering the house.

The reason it's difficult is that one has to crawl into the ceiling and shuttle back and forth between the large frames.

And in the process of shuttling, one also has to screw porcelain gourds onto the large frames and then tie the electric wires to the porcelain gourds.

People in this era don't know much about electricity, but Wang An is quite knowledgeable about it.

That is, even intact electric wires cannot come into contact with flammable materials like wood. If there is a leak, with the power of electricity, no matter how thick the wood is, it can be easily ignited.

Therefore, Wang An bought a large pile of porcelain gourds, striving to ensure that wherever the electric wires need support, porcelain gourds are used to contact the wires.

Just as Wang An put the prepared porcelain gourds into his side bag, carrying two bundles of electric wires, and intending to step on a ladder to enter the ceiling, Wang Li came over.

Seeing Wang Li, Wang An asked:

"What's the situation with you? You're so slow. I thought you weren't coming."

Wang Li said with an embarrassed face:

"The wild boar at my house arched the pigsty down, so my father and I were busy catching the pig."

In this era, although most families raise pigs by letting them roam like chickens and ducks, many people who have become more aware will also put pigs into pigsties to keep them enclosed.

The "more aware" here refers to many people discovering that pigs that roam are very prone to having "bean pig" disease.

The so-called "bean pig" is a pig that has cysticerci or cysticercus eggs the size of beans in its meat, also known as cysticercosis pig.

Such pork cannot be eaten because people who eat it are very easily parasitized by cysticerci, thereby triggering tapeworm disease or cysticercosis.

And the production of bean pigs is mostly because the pigs drank dirty water containing parasites or ate food containing parasites, such as certain animals, plants, and human feces.

So in order not to let pigs become bean pigs, many people put pigs into pigsties to raise them.

The pigsties in this era were all walls made of earth, or walls built with stones and wood blocks, so it was common for pigs to arch the pigsties down.

Hearing this, Wang An couldn't help but laugh:

"You say your father doesn't know what he's thinking. How many bricks and how much cement does it take to build a pigsty? He just can't bear to spend it. Now it's good—he's building the pigsty every three days. What is your father trying to do?"

It had to be said, the destructive ability of wild boars was truly quite formidable. The walls Wang Li's family built with mud and stones were always arched down, and Wang Daliang and his wife were also often at home building pigsties.

After Wang An finished speaking, Wang Li also said with dissatisfaction:

"Exactly. Look at how good your pigsty is. I reckon that pigsty won't break for many years. Sigh, when we were hauling bricks, I said to haul more bricks so that the pigsty, warehouse, and open shed could all be built with bricks. My father just wouldn't do it. Now it's good—building the pigsty every three days. He doesn't even feel annoyed."

Wang An thought for a moment and said:

"Doesn't your family have wood? Wouldn't it be stronger if you enclosed it with a circle inside the wall?"

Wang Li said helplessly:

"Why wouldn't we enclose it? It's useless. It's rained a bit these past two days, and that wild boar's nose might be itchy. It arches every day, arches every day, and finally arched the wall down again. Sigh, anyway, I don't care anymore. My father can do whatever he wants."

As he spoke, Wang Li waved his hand very irritably.

It was clear that Wang Li was completely annoyed by his family's pigsty.

Wang An laughed and didn't continue to ask, changing the subject:

"Since you're here, let's work. You carry these two bundles of electric wires into the ceiling, and I'll go get two flashlights. It's pitch black up in the ceiling and you can't see anything."

As they talked, the brothers started working together.

After crawling into the ceiling, the brothers cooperated very tacitly. One laid the wires and the other screwed the porcelain gourds onto the large frames. The speed wasn't fast, but it wasn't slow either.

After about an hour or so, the main line in the house where Wang Dazhu and the others lived was finished.

After another hour or so, the wiring for Wang An and Mu Xueqing's house was also finished.

After the main lines were laid, the subsequent work, although time-consuming, was relatively easier to do.

The most time-consuming part was drilling holes in the ceiling, then letting the electric wires pass through these holes, and connecting the lamp holders on the outside.

However, this drilling work was taken on by Wang Dazhu, because Wang Dazhu was curious and took the initiative to help.

For the sake of aesthetics and safety, Wang An tried his best not to leave exposed wires in the house, so basically all exposed wires were placed by Wang An in the ceiling.

While working, Wang An explained to Wang Li the principle of electricity for light bulbs, as well as the precautions for connecting switches and light bulbs.

For example, the switch should be connected to the live wire, the lamp holder should also be connected to the live wire at the top, and the side with the screw thread should be connected to the neutral wire. Also, when connecting branch lines from the main line, one must separate the branch lines and then wrap the branch lines around the main line circle by circle to prevent poor contact. After wrapping, immediately wrap the connection with insulating tape to prevent leakage, and so on and so forth.

Anyway, Wang An explained it in such detail that even Wang Dazhu understood it while listening on the side.

In this way, Wang Dazhu, Wang An, and Wang Li worked until noon, finally connecting all the light bulbs, sockets, and switches in Wang Dazhu's house.

To tell the truth, this wiring work, although it looked very simple, was truly very time-consuming.

After lunch, the three of them didn't take a nap and continued to work.

Until dinner time, the knife switches, electric wires, light bulbs, and sockets for the two main houses were all completed.

As soon as the power was turned on, every room in Wang An's two main houses would be brightly lit.

However, although all the electric wires for the two main houses were connected, all of Wang An's "electrical engineering" could only be considered half-finished.

There was no way around it, because Wang An's house also had warehouses, open sheds, pigsties, deer pens, sheep pens, toilets, and so on—every place had to be connected with electric wires and light bulbs.

Including the courtyard, Wang An also wanted to connect a few more light bulbs, so he wouldn't have to carry a flashlight or a horse lantern every time he went out at night.

The main thing was that after the power was turned on, people wouldn't go to sleep so early at night. In this way, when summer arrived, Wang An could have some small barbecues in the courtyard with his family.

Thinking about those days, it was simply beautiful.

In the blink of an eye, 3 days passed.

And in these 3 days, all the electric wires in Wang An's house were arranged, and the light bulbs, switches, sockets, and knife switches for all the lines were also installed.

That is to say, Wang An's electrical project was completed.

However, because Wang An and Wang Li still had to go into the mountains to guard the autumn crops, the lines and light bulbs for the warehouses, open sheds, and livestock pens were all done by Wang Dazhu and Wang Daliang on the second day.

The main thing was that these things were too simple, and Wang An had explained them very carefully, so it was normal for Wang Dazhu to learn them.

As for the wiring arrangement for Wang Li's house, Wang An didn't worry about it at all, because Wang Daliang and Wang Li had already learned how to lay wires and install light bulbs and switches.

However, just in case, Wang An checked what they had installed from beginning to end. After all, electricity was nothing to play with, so it was better to be careful.

Thanks to "Emperor of the Great Empire" for the tip, thank you, thank you!

Wishing you, Big Brother, happiness and wealth every day!

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