Electricity is back from a long hiatus, and David Cooke who you may know from Knowing Your Home, Tiling, Plumbing, and Drywall will be teaching the class. The first Electricity class taught by Dave will be 12/1/23 at 5:30pm.

About the Class: In this demonstration class we will explore the basics of home residential wiring systems: service entrance panel, circuit breakers, receptacles, GFI’s, switches, lights, ceiling fans and a whole lot more. We will briefly discuss the meaning of “single phase” wiring and learn what “60 cycles” is really all about.

We will discuss receptacles and wall switches, 3-way switches and dimmers, and “old work” boxes that let you add a switch or receptacle in an existing wall. We will discuss “fishing” wire from one location to another.

You will learn about “romex” non-metallic sheathed wire including how to safely cut, strip, and connect it to a switch or receptacle in a wall box.

We will see close-up how to swap out a light fixture and look at innovative ways to mount a ceiling fan.

Throughout the class we learn what tools work the best and how to use them and we will learn how to safely test circuits. There will be time for Q&A during class.

About the Teacher: David Cooke taught home repair classes for twelve years. He wrote articles on home repair and improvement for a local magazine and appeared weekly on a television program in Boston as the "Resident Home Repair Guy" for two years. David ran his own home repair and improvement business for most of the last 30 years.

What People Say about Dave’s Classes….

"David was hilarious. Also I feel much more confident."
"Incredible amount of information and practice for 3 hours without feeling overwhelming."
"Instructor was fantastic, kept the jokes coming and made the time fly by!"
"Instructor was very knowledgeable and engaging"