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sorry i've been out of touch lately. been too busy hauling ass to get out the new www.cmu.edu site and deal with all the aftermath. you should check it out if you haven't already.

the electrical inspector came out today to look at stuff. there were a few things about the electricians' work that i was wondering whether he might have a problem with. well, he did. and found a few other things i hadn't thought about. the ones i thought might be problematic were a few poorly-supported wire runs. he also found some wire stapling he didn't like, and we have one major bundle of wire running along the back wall of the house into the circuit panel. he wants to see that split up into two smaller bundles because of overheating concerns. he also took minor issue with the 2 no-longer-used feeds that the electricians forgot to terminate for me, but i assured him i was already on top of that and would have them fix those next time they're back.

i'm kind of bummed, because usually these guys do better work than this. i don't know if they were just in a hurry, or not as attentive as usual because i wasn't around, or what. i also noticed when looking more closely that they installed more separate circuits across the three rooms than i thought they would. they did something like 5 or 6 when i thought they were going to do just 3. oh well, at least i won't have to worry about tripping breakers.

called the head electrician back to see about getting these things fixed.

in other news, ductwork is nearly done, still waiting for the dehumidifier to come in. most of the duct runs are pretty quiet, but i really need to figure out something to do with the one above the mix area. it's pretty high velocity and noisy. i'm hoping the new furnace will take care of at least some of the mechanical noise. not entirely sure yet about the air noise. currently they're tapping into the trunk with a 7" round; i may have to get them to switch that to a 6" for the first few feet out of the trunk and then up to a 7".