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WE HAVE THE POWER!

So it actually happened. We have power AND everything we wired works like it is supposed to. We had our struggles but we worked through them and it is so AMAZING to be able to turn on a light when it gets dark. Or better yet... we don't need to use all battery powered tools and now it doesn't matter that the generator can't power the chop or table saw! We now have the ability to use all the equipment that requires power! After we passed the electrical inspection we still had one small task to complete before they could pull the wire. Clearly we did get it done BUT we have learned that many times small tasks snowball into big jobs. We had to install a pull rope in the conduit from the street end to the barn end. Simple enough.....or was it? You never know how easily something will go until you try but if I am writing about it you know it wasn't easy. We got all set up with our plastic bag tied to a really long spool of lightweight string at the barn end and the ge