Re: Wiring doors in cold weather

[Frank Olson <Use_the_email_links@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

robertlbass@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> If the issue is minimizing the time the door is open so the client's
> house doesn't get cold try this.  Pull the wire from the attic area
> above the door to the panel.  Leave a few extra feet of cable above the
> door.  Then drill the door frame and run a short (maybe 6' long) lead
> up to the attic.  Connect the contact to the short lead.  Close the
> door and go up to make the final connection in the attic.  It's more of
> a PITA because you have to make an extra splice and an extra trip to
> the attic but the door only stays open for 2-3 minutes as opposed to 15
> minutes or more.


So now you have a connection *in an attic* you might wind up having to
trouble-shoot at some time (not to mention the extra time you have to
spend up there making a splice)...  The best method is to run the wire
*from the panel*.  Drill up/down from the door, pull the wire through,
attach your contact and "Bob's your Uncle".  The time it takes to do
this equals the time it takes to:

"Leave a few extra feet of cable above the door.  Then drill the door
frame and run a short (maybe 6' long) lead up to the attic.  Connect the
contact to the short lead."

And eliminates another crawl into the attic/crawlspace to:

"Close the door and go up to make the final connection in the attic".