Aaron Parecki

#triplex

Checked off a bunch of things on the list today!

• Wired and mounted rooftop patio speakers and microphone
• Wired and mounted living room and kitchen speakers
• Set up the Sonos amps
• Hung some more rack gear in the network closet

Portland, Oregon, USA • 98°F

Sun, Aug 10, 2025 2:42pm -07:00 #triplex
Today's wiring progress: got about half the cat6 jacks wired, and also the speaker jacks!

Portland, Oregon, USA

Sat, Jul 26, 2025 2:27pm -07:00 #triplex #365
We finally got the solar panels installed! This has been holding back a bunch of the rest of the project. Finally I can get permanent power connected and get rid of the temporary power pole, and finally get the rest of the crew in here to install the ACs and such!

Yes only 5 panels is silly, I am going to try to add more, but I have to fight the city code first.

Portland, Oregon, USA

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Fri, Jul 25, 2025 2:57pm -07:00 #365 #triplex
Finally got the solar permit and the crew came and installed the electrical and mounting track for the panels. The panels go up tomorrow!

Portland, Oregon, USA

Thu, Jul 24, 2025 7:28pm -07:00 #365 #triplex
Rack is hung and ready for wires! I also got the bathroom speakers up and running today

Portland, Oregon, USA

Sun, Jul 20, 2025 2:30pm -07:00 #triplex #365
Got all the ceiling microphones wired up! This will eventually feed into Home Assistant for local voice control

Portland, Oregon, USA

Sat, Jul 19, 2025 5:21pm -07:00 #triplex #365 #homeautomation
Went to go look at the sample glass laser etching today! It's going to be so cool

Portland, Oregon, USA

Fri, Jul 18, 2025 3:08pm -07:00 #365 #triplex
Beginning to wrangle the wires

Portland, Oregon, USA

Mon, Jul 14, 2025 5:28pm -07:00 #triplex #365
Me staring at my todo list for the next...month??

Portland, Oregon, USA

Sun, Jul 13, 2025 4:16pm -07:00 #triplex #365
Just installed a phone in Lily's office and connected it to the house PBX so that it rings when someone rings the front doorbell, and you can call it from other intercoms and phones in the house!

Portland, Oregon, USA

Sat, Jul 12, 2025 2:00pm -07:00 #365 #triplex #sip #voip #phone #pbx
Today was mostly just a full day of meetings, but I did install the wifi access point in the living room!

Portland, Oregon, USA

Thu, Jul 10, 2025 6:15pm -07:00 #triplex #365
got the mirror installed just before the party

Portland, Oregon, USA

Mon, Jul 7, 2025 10:12am -07:00 #triplex
all cleaned up!

Portland, Oregon, USA

Sun, Jul 6, 2025 5:36pm -07:00 #365 #triplex
Put the misting pump in the attic but the spigot up there is leaking so I had to run a hose around to the other one for now.

Portland, Oregon, USA

Sun, Jul 6, 2025 5:21pm -07:00 #triplex
Trying to do a decent job at cable management in these low voltage panels.

Portland, Oregon, USA

Sun, Jul 6, 2025 11:43am -07:00 #triplex
I just installed the living room intercom! This end is done, the other end in the network closet is done enough for it to be working but will need some tidying up still.

Portland, Oregon, USA

Sat, Jul 5, 2025 10:02am -07:00 #365 #triplex
Rehydrating the cedar hot tub

Portland, Oregon, USA

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Thu, Jul 3, 2025 6:51am -07:00 #365 #triplex
Aaron Parecki https://aaronparecki.com/ • Jul 2
My electrician explained how the other end is connected... the white wire is actually the second phase hot wire, and the green wire is tied to both ground and neutral at the pole.

and we're live! Feeding the generator inlet with a 30 amp extension cord that runs to the temp pole at the street!

Portland, Oregon, USA • 76°F

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Wed, Jul 2, 2025 12:57pm -07:00 #triplex #electrical #365
Hooking up a 3-wire extension cord to a 4-wire plug, what could go wrong 😃

Portland, Oregon, USA • 69°F

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Wed, Jul 2, 2025 10:25am -07:00 #triplex
Appliances! It's starting to feel like a real house!

Portland, Oregon, USA

Tue, Jul 1, 2025 3:51pm -07:00 #triplex #365

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