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Another shot showing the strip footing with the rebar supports at 2.5 meter intervals. dozer00000
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The strip footing will have the rebar supports at 2.5 meter intervals. dozer00000
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A strip footing is created about 10 inches high by about 10 cm. wide. Straight form wood is used to form the concrete. The concrete is poured around a metal rebar structure, of 3 hun full (vertical) with 2 hun full (cross supports). (16-Jan-04) dozer00000
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Cement is poured using a large metal can as a form, about 30 cm square. (13-Jan-04) dozer00000
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The base is cemented in place with a cement pour around 30 cm thick. dozer00000
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Supporting rebar structures, which are made by tying metal strands together, are placed in the completed post hole. There is a metal base on the bottom of the structure. The metal used on the upright pieces is guage 3 hun full, the square supports are 2 hun full. dozer00000
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CEMENT BLOCK WALL: Post holes like this should be dug each 2.5 meters. The stick at the bottom signifies the center of the fence post to be poured. The hole is 60 cm square, 60 cm deep. (11-Jan-04) dozer00000
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VARIOUS OPTIONS: This shot shows a nice application of a diagonal section which can be used to make entry easier. The diagonal section can be added at each side of the entry gate. (01-Jan-04)dozer00000
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An eight station circuit breaker. The main switch is required to be 45 amp by the city electric department. (09-Sep-04)dozer00000
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Grounded electric is not yet a standard here. Most appliances only have 2 prongs, like the following example shows. This two pronged plug has a position to add a ground, and it can easily be modified by adding a round piece of metal as the ground. This isn't the only type of plug, there are many variations, from the round posts to straight posts. As of the current date most house electrical is not grounded, but that is slowly changing. To turn on the electric service now an inspector from the electric company will require grounded electric, but the inspection I observed wasn't very thorough. The inspector only asked about how the system was grounded, but did not check. There are simple voltage meters which can check voltage as well as the ground. Also, the same inspector then immediately approved a house that I know doesn't have grounded electric. Anyway, the point is that they are starting to require grounded electrical here and there really isn't any reason for new construction not to have it. As an added note to clarify: they are not requiring that all (or any) socket outlets in the house be grounded, only that there be a ground connection from the breaker.dozer00000
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This is a large socket box with 5 grounded receptacles and a phone cable outlet. These are configurable, you can get many different face boxes and configure each one as you would like it. Further there are many styles which can be purchased. The middle sockets in the example shown here don't add much benefit, since the sockets are so close together not all can be used at the same time.dozer00000
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An example of a grounded socket outlet box.dozer00000
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