Instead of going to the site first thing this morning, it was requested that all 11 of us come to the office for devotions to meet all the staff there.  Ralph was asked to give a short devotional.  The Snyders celebrated the birth of their first grandchild by making a treat for everyone.  It was like a crispy cookie with little pink-and-white sugar-coated pellets (BB sized) on top.  Inside, the pellets were licorice flavored.

We got to the site about 9:30am and, with our additional crew of 8 young men, our work seemed to go into ‘hyperdrive’!  Paul and Jake worked with me and within two hours all three remaining panels (one 1,200 amp breaker, one 800 amp breaker and one 400 amp distribution) were all moved in and anchored to the wall.  Paul then began to install the 4″ and 3″ interconnecting conduits between the 800 amp breaker panel, the automatic transfer switch and the 800 amp distribution panel.  By using these conduits, it will be possible to keep the trenches under the panels clearer for the power company’s cables.  Brian helped by installing cable lugs on terminals of the two transformers and the automatic transfer switch.

Meanwhile, Steven began installation of the 40 feet of 18″ wide cable tray, and its supporting brackets, that run between the power room and the transmitter hall.  Jake began helping his uncle Jim with running the large copper tubing required for the air conditioning.  The others began to run conduits from the 200 amp panel in the transmitter hall for lights and outlets inside that part of the building.

While I brought Ralph back to the duplex for lunch and a siesta, the others ate their sack lunches at the site.

The work continued in the afternoon with installing additional conduits for the two transformers for the condensing units into the trench.  Circuit breakers were swapped around in the 800 amp distribution panel to allow for neater wiring.  The large cables from the standby generator were moved around in the 6-foot-deep by 1-foot-wide trench (that circumvents the room on three sides) to make the wiring look neater after all the connections are made.  Wooden supports were made to hold other cables off the bottom of the trench.  This will allow the power company’s cables to easily cross underneath.

Quitting time, 4:30pm, arrived quickly and all of us ‘younger men’ swam at Hilma Hooker Beach (http://www.scubadiving.com/dive-hilma-hooker), just across the road from the transmitter site gate.

Supper this evening was sloppy joes, beans, ‘glorified rice’ (http://allrecipes.com/recipe/22627/glorified-rice/), potato salad and lettuce salad with craisins and sunflower seeds.  Dessert was a snicker doodle cookie.  In addition to water, there was ice tea and lemonade for drinks.